Digital Pedagogy and Tools in Enhancing English Language Teaching in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

Abstract

Digital literacy constitutes the basis for citizenship in order to be effective and efficient in the 21^st century in professional lives. The set of skills and competences integrating digital literacy are expected to be guaranteed in higher education. The impact of digital devices and the internet has generated various changes at social, political and economic levels, the repercussion of which is a great challenge characterized by the changing and globalized nature of today’s society. This demands the development of new skills and new learning models in relation to information and communication technologies. Tertiary Institutions must respond to these social demands in the training of their future professionals. Learning English with the help of digital tools is a new initiation in the process of learning and teaching English with Digital tools are gaining more importance in the present days. It is being used with mammoth interest by modern-day instructors and learners. Consequently, this paper investigates digital tools prospects as powerful tools for teaching English language in tertiary institutions.