Digital life,which has become an essential part of social life,is profoundly shaping our language life.With reference to previous explorations of linguistic competence or ability and current digital language life as a social reality,this article is a discussion of language capacity in digital transformation,particularizing the components of digital language capacity,including knowledge,skills,ethics and governance.The four modules are further elaborated as follows:1)the knowledge module covers linguistic knowledge,knowledge of digital technologies and basic knowledge;2)the skills module consists of language skills and digital skills;3)the ethics module refers to the moral principles and standards to be followed in digital language life;and 4)the governance module is an integration of language governance ideology,knowledge,attitudes,techniques and evaluation.The above four modules,organically linked,constitute a hierarchical dynamic system.This theoretical framework supposedly contributes to digital language capacity assessment,serving the needs of digital language education and building Digital China.
digital language lifedigital language capacitydigital literacieslanguage ethicslanguage governance