الحوار الثقافي
Volume 13, Numéro 1, Pages 287-306
2024-06-10

Unleashing Creativity Via Technology: Incorporating Tiktok In Teaching Literature To Efl Learners

Authors : Meddahi Radhia . Braik Fethia .

Abstract

Social media seems to play an important role in the field of foreign languages teaching and learning. Although some lecturers and scholars assume that social media has negative impacts on learners’ abilities, others support the “new” fruitful learning atmosphere in teaching literature via the various internet applications. This paper highlighted the important role of social media mainly TikTok in teaching literature. The realization of this was granted by a qualitative approach that was founded on the theory of Connectivism, and the theory of Generation Gap, and a quantitative approach that was based on an online survey to students specialized in literature. Eventually, the research arrived at a collection of suggestions and revolutionary implications of BookTok style of videos within literature classrooms. The study also established a promotion base for TikTok as a mean to teach universal literature.

Keywords

Literature instruction ; EFL education ; TikTok ; Technology integration ; Connectivism