Critical Reflections on the Use of Digital Storytelling In Chinese Context
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With the rapid development of multimodal literacy, digital stories are widely used in EFL classrooms in China. This paper will provide a critical analysis of the use of digital stories from the perspective of language learners and language teachers in the authentic context of language education in China.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i5.4410
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