Journal Article

Lingua Anglia: Bridging Language and Learners

Hickey, Pamela J

2016

Overview

The National Council of Teachers of English has adopted a framework that outlines six skills essential for being literate in the twenty-first century. While interrelated, these competencies constitute a guide to help educators and researchers conceptualize the \"multiple, dynamic, and malleable\" literacies that constitute twenty-first- century literacies (NCTE). Consequently, considering varied types of digital writing (Hicks) and understanding the importance of digital story-telling (Kajder, Adolescents, \"Enter\") have become common segues for English teachers who want to use technology to support their students' twenty-first-century literacies. While these recommendations have been useful for demonstrating practical methods, for the most part, the literature represents school-based approaches that don't explicitly consider students' diverse English language abilities and their varying levels of language proficiency. Currently, English language learners (ELLs) comprise more than 10 percent of the US student demographic (Payan and Nettles). As a result, English teachers are expected to modify lessons so as to accommodate the growing number of ELLs whose English proficiency levels vary.

• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
• Subject: 21st century / Adolescents / American English / Blogs / Classrooms / Educational Environment / Educational technology / English as a second language learning / English language learners / English proficiency / English teachers / Information communication / Language acquisition / Language diversity / Language Proficiency / Language teaching methods / Literacy / Multimedia / Skills / Students / Subtitles & subtitling / Vocabulary development