Critical Media Literacy and Language Learning

CML emphasizes integrating language learning with authentic materials and is essential to content-based and meaningful language learning. Similarly, students’ linguistic ability, critical thinking, and sociocultural awareness are subsequently improved by linking language learning to real-life experiences through media comprehension and production in EFL instruction. Ultimately, incorporating CML into EFL instruction promotes ethical media consumption, critical communication, and analytical skills, ensuring students are prepared to traverse digital environments and actively participate in a media-saturated world.