USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE SOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNERS

The foregoing suggests how technology integration in the teaching of foreign languages has changed the part learners and teachers explore students’ achievement. This paper shows how, through the use of digital tools, public examination of the sociocultural competence of the learners at a middle school can be conducted. The ability to adopt particular behaviors and attitudes that are appropriate for a given culture is central to communicative competence and, therefore, must be taught. The article also shows the principles which make the understanding of students' sociocultural skills of relevance and accuracy possible – through lessons including online role-playing games, virtual cultural exchanges and digital storytelling.