OPTIMIZING STUDENTS’ DIGITAL COMPETENCE THROUGH DIGITAL LITERATURE-BASED ELT CLASSROOM

Abstract

This article aimed at studying the use of discourse digital literature (DL) in the English teaching context. Qualitative method with a library research approach was used in this work. To study the discourse, several papers from scholarly journals were downloaded, highlighted, interpreted, and analyzed. To analyze them, this article utilized Braun & Clarke's (2012) thematic analysis. After studying it, the results demonstrated that DL increased students’ learning performance and digital competence especially when the teachers applied four components in their classroom: 1) Providing literary theory, 2) Providing games and movies, 3) Inserting cultural value, and 4) Suggesting the popular platform.