Examining the Need for Digital Literacy Skills among ESL/EFL Malaysian and Chinese Postgraduates
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_25How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Chinese postgraduates; Digital skills; EFL; ESL; Malaysian postgraduates; 21st Century Skills
- Abstract
In today’s world, where there is a vast amount of information available, users must navigate through the ambiguity and evaluate viewpoints from multiple perspectives. Postgraduate students, in particular, require critical thinking skills, as merely knowing the content is inadequate. Additionally, international postgraduate students may face challenges in adapting and transferring digital skills when pursuing their studies in another country. Consequently, language learning in a digital environment has become increasingly challenging for postgraduate students who must apply their linguistic knowledge to solve problems encountered while navigating the internet. Therefore, this quantitative design study aims to determine the differences and similarities in determinant digital skills for online ESL/EFL postgraduate students in Malaysia and China. The 21st Century Skills Scale questionnaire was utilized to collect data from 207 postgraduate students of a university in Malaysia, comprising 96 Malaysian and 111 Chinese students. Using SPSS descriptive analysis and significance test, the results indicate that Creativity and Innovation has the lowest mean score among all the other determinants. This research highlights the need for these ESL/EFL postgraduate students to possess a range of digital skills to succeed in a digital world. By identifying the differences and common traits between ESL/EFL students in Malaysia and China, this study provides insights into the challenges and opportunities for digital skills development in different cultural contexts.
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TY - CONF AU - Nor Fazlin Mohd Ramli AU - Nur Huslinda Che Mat AU - Siti Fauziana Zakaria AU - Rusreena Rusli AU - Mohammad Radzi Manap AU - Malissa Maria Mahmud PY - 2023 DA - 2023/09/28 TI - Examining the Need for Digital Literacy Skills among ESL/EFL Malaysian and Chinese Postgraduates BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICON-ELT 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 280 EP - 291 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_25 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_25 ID - Ramli2023 ER -