Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL Learners
The task of verifying credible and original information is now more complicated, especially for undergraduate students. This study uses information literacy and discourse analysis to develop English as a foreign language learners’ critical reading skills while verifying information on social media....
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Asociación Colombiana de Profesores de Ingles
2024-03-01
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The task of verifying credible and original information is now more complicated, especially for undergraduate students. This study uses information literacy and discourse analysis to develop English as a foreign language learners’ critical reading skills while verifying information on social media. A reading test including false news was used to assess the learners’ awareness of the credibility of social media information. Then, they were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was trained in evaluating a set of false news using information literacy and discourse analysis skills. The control group did not receive any training. The experiment was conducted again on both groups. The results show a significant improvement among the experimental group compared to the control group. The findings of this study shed light on the growing need for creating a pedagogical space in English as a foreign language classroom that focuses on raising learners’ awareness of information literacy and discourse analysis skills to read with critical perspectives.
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| spelling | doaj.art-93019f2625e0446d9afc74af6364ff6f2024-03-07T09:57:19ZengAsociación Colombiana de Profesores de InglesHOW0120-59272024-03-0131110.19183/how.31.1.748Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL LearnersYaseen Azi0Sami Abdullah Hamdi1Mohammed Okasha2Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaJazan University, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaJazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia The task of verifying credible and original information is now more complicated, especially for undergraduate students. This study uses information literacy and discourse analysis to develop English as a foreign language learners’ critical reading skills while verifying information on social media. A reading test including false news was used to assess the learners’ awareness of the credibility of social media information. Then, they were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was trained in evaluating a set of false news using information literacy and discourse analysis skills. The control group did not receive any training. The experiment was conducted again on both groups. The results show a significant improvement among the experimental group compared to the control group. The findings of this study shed light on the growing need for creating a pedagogical space in English as a foreign language classroom that focuses on raising learners’ awareness of information literacy and discourse analysis skills to read with critical perspectives. http://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/748Fake newsinformation literacy skillsdiscourse analysis skillsEFL teaching |
| spellingShingle | Yaseen Azi Sami Abdullah Hamdi Mohammed Okasha Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL Learners HOW Fake news information literacy skills discourse analysis skills EFL teaching |
| title | Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL Learners |
| title_full | Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL Learners |
| title_fullStr | Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL Learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL Learners |
| title_short | Information Literacy and Discourse Analysis for Verifying Information among EFL Learners |
| title_sort | information literacy and discourse analysis for verifying information among efl learners |
| topic | Fake news information literacy skills discourse analysis skills EFL teaching |
| url | http://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/748 |
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