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Abstract

The digitalization of schools and classrooms would be unthinkable without the adequate preparation of teachers. It is their digital competence that facilitates a mindful and goal-oriented use of digital technologies and resources, while remaining critical and strategical in view of digital innovations and practices currently underway in education. Yet what exactly does the digital competence of a teacher entail, and what in particular does it mean to be a digitally competent English language teacher? To engage with these questions, this article will present the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators and explain its orientational function for teachers who are seeking to integrate digital competence into their professional repertoire. With a view to achieving this challenge in EFL classrooms, this article continues to provide an empirical case study that was conducted with over 180 pre-service teachers in a university-based teacher education context. Both the results of this study and the TEFL-specific analysis of the competence framework will finally be used to draw conclusions for the digitally-oriented professional development of teachers.

Warm-up

 Do you generally welcome the use of digital technology in schools, or are you rather skeptical towards current digital developments? What are the reasons for your opinion?

 What is your experience with using digital resources for your own learning processes? What tools have proven to be useful, and what practices of learning do they facilitate?

 In what ways could the teaching and learning of English benefit from the use of digital technologies and resources? Do you know any applications that are helpful in this regard?

 How digitally competent are you as an educator, be it at the pre-service or in-service stage? Make a list of the competences you already have, and try to assess for yourself how well-developed they are.

 What does the digital EFL classroom of the future, say in 2050, look like, and what is your role as an EFL educator after this time leap?