Curriculum Reform for the Integration of Digital Literacy Education and Middle School English

Abstract

As digital technology keeps developing, digital literacy education has become a hot topic. As research on digital literacy has progressed, researchers have identified a research gap in developing digital literacy in junior school students. This study analyzes how to integrate junior high school English course with digital literacy education from three levels of the activity-based view of English learning. This study used semi-structured interview to find out the application of digital literacy in junior high school English. Furthermore, English teachers’ perceptions of the course design proposed in this study were collected. The study found that digital literacy has not yet been taken seriously by junior high school English teachers. There are still difficulties in the integration of digital literacy into the English course. On the other hand, participants in the survey have expressed their approval of the course design proposed in this study. Corresponding conclusions are drawn based on the research findings.