Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of college students towards digital competencies and how they evaluate their level of competency. The participants were 20 students (10 males and 10 females) learning English as a foreign language (EFL) at the School of Foreign Languages of a private university in İstanbul, Türkiye. Data were collected via a socio-demographic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Inductive Thematic Analysis approach was utilized to determine the themes that occurred in the qualitative data. To achieve this, Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six-step procedure was followed. The results revealed themes such as 1) skills for digitalization, 2) ownership of digital tools, 3) positive attitudes towards digital competencies in language education, 4) needs related to assessment, communication, interaction, resources, information, lessons and teachers and finally, 5) differences between before and after distance education in terms of digital competencies.
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