Creating digital stories to develop EFL learners' skills

Abstract

Just as the technological world has evolved rapidly in recent decades, the educational paradigm has similarly undergone important changes that have led to the promotion of creative thinking skills and abilities. These are of particular importance in the learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This is based on the idea that the learning of a foreign language is strongly determined by the thinking process involved. Most children are digital natives and education ought to be adapted to this condition. This Final Degree Project will firstly reflect on the relationship between knowledge and its processes as applied to Second Language Learning in the primary school classroom. Secondly, a practical application based on this foundation will be considered, taking into account a technological approach that adapts to the new currents and methodologies of learning, typical of the current educational paradigm by creating new, engaging and motivating communication contexts through digital storytelling.