"...Beyond the "tech comfy" to the "tech savvy"..."

Limitating the teaching of English to the mere transmition of traditional contents can only lead to our learners' apathy. It’s hard work to abandon the comfortable zone, but we must start looking for ways to introduce all the novelties that shape our learners' realities.

In this new world of information and technologies, students need to be taught new literacies that can cope with, and complement, their actual abilities. Selecting and judging relevant information, connecting with a wide community of readers and writers are some of the new skills we should start thinking of; they are called digital literacies. These novel skills involve being able to effectively make use of the available technologies as well as understanding the intricate world of social practices that surround the use of new media.

By providing activities and tasks that can contribute to the improvement of these literacies, we will be doing a lot as regards the education of 21^st century’s citizens. What is more, we can start to bridge the historical gap between what students learn in their classrooms and what they are outside it.