The Framework of Viewing and Representing Skills Through Digital Text

This paper reports on case studies of four primary school children and their digital practices in Hong Kong. The study explores how the participating children view and represent through digital text in the context of their out-of- school technology use. Understanding how these practices extended into their English language classrooms was explicated based on the data that emerged from the study. The study results identify five aspects of emerging skills acquired by the children. These skills were not extended into the children's schoolwork – a reflection on the emphasis on mono-modal language learning in the class setting. A detailed examination of the individual skills led to a set of recommendations for curriculum review, suitable pedagogical strategies and classroom learning resources that English Language Educators may utilize to facilitate development of students' viewing and representing skills through digital text.