Digital Literacy Skills Used in Iraqi EFL University Classes during COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

result of the Covid-enforced shutdown in late-2020. Digital literacy is the ability to share, find, create, and evaluate content using the internet. Digital literacy is the literacy that demands a cognitive level to analyze, access, and make information from digital devices. This study attempts to find out the digital literacy skills used in Iraqi EFL University classrooms. The study sample is 150 4^th –year EFL undergraduates, of the College of Education for Human Sciences, Wasit University. Results illustrated that item 2 achieved the highest weighted mean (4.68. 93%). Meanwhile, item 19 got the lowest weighted mean (2.34. 46%). The study, therefore, recommends that instructors and students keep up to date, develop their own digital competencies, and understand how digital devices can help present information in their own native language.