Students’ attitude, competence and motivation in the use of the travel blog for the EFL classroom
This paper aims to explore the attitude of Spanish Secondary Education students as regards their competence in the use of the Internet in general and of (travel) blogs in particular. Issues such as students’ motivation to learn an L2 or students’ media literacy will also be discussed to frame the fo...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repositorio: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/35120 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/35120 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Travel blogs Digital competence Secondary Education EFL classroom Blog de viajes Competencia digital Educación Secundaria Clase de ILE Filología Philology |
| Sumario: | This paper aims to explore the attitude of Spanish Secondary Education students as regards their competence in the use of the Internet in general and of (travel) blogs in particular. Issues such as students’ motivation to learn an L2 or students’ media literacy will also be discussed to frame the focus of the study. The sample of respondents includes learners enrolled in the first two years of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO), and in the last stage of Secondary Education (Bachillerato). A questionnaire was accordingly administered to them to consider the appropriateness of, and to later decide the approach of, the teaching of English through the travel blog in the EFL classroom. Overall, results indicate that learners’ digital competence and generic awareness should be further developed towards a more functional and responsible use. Even so, learners positively view blogs as a valid resource that may help them improve in certain language skills and areas. and that may boost their motivation. |
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