Do english language skills improve the development of digital competence?
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https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.viXI.30212Keywords:
English as a foreign language, language skills, digital competence, educational technology, higher educationAbstract
The research in the scientific field of digital competence and english language proficiency has demonstrated a directional relationship, indicating that digital competence promotes english language skills. However, there is a lack of studies that have examined the relationship between english language proficiency and the development of digital competence, which is the aim of the present study. This research follows a quantitative methodology to identify the existing relationship between the level of english language proficiency and the observed level of digital competence in 149 first-year university students in Education. After collecting and analyzing information descriptively, inferentially and correlatively, the results obtained lead to the conclusion that english language skills and the development of students' digital competence are related
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