DIDASKEIN
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 189-204
2021-08-29

Towards Enhancing E-learning: Using Digital Literacy, You Tube And Facebook, To Encourage Efl Students Learning Autonomy

Authors : Ben Abida Salima .

Abstract

With the new development in technology and the current situation of Covid 19 widespread, the educational institutions have provided advanced education and training such as Facebook and Zoom Live Lectures and You Tube Channels. This urged teachers and learners, to integrate digital literacy in the teaching-learning process. However, this progressive onward impetus necessitates learners readiness to be autonomous learners along with the teachers efforts to encourage their learners and help them apply digital tools in their studies. Yet, this paper attempts to shed light on the use of You Tube and Facebook in autonomous learning. It explains how educational technology can help learners develop their learning autonomy skill and how learning autonomy can help learners use digital literacy. Hence, it uses observation and interviews to investigate the use and effect of promoting E-leaning tools on EFL learners autonomy to develop their skills along with teachers motivation to learners to make them regularly use digital tools and online learning to achieve their goals. The obtained results state that the majority of students are satisfied with the new method in developing their speaking and listening skills.

Keywords

EFL learners autonomy, digital literacy, learning skills, online learning.