This paper explores the advantages and challenges of developing a student- centered language learning website for a group of EFL students at the Department of Political and Social Science of the University of Trieste. More specifically, a selection of songs containing lyrics with embedded political, social, and/or cultural meaning is chosen as the basis for the language learning activities integrated into the website. A number of digital tools are used to develop practice exercises aimed specifically at expanding the students’ vocabulary range in a carefully sequenced, enjoyable, and digestible manner. Among the activities contemplated in the design of the website, one in particular invites students to participate in its ongoing development by contributing with a song in English of their choice with similar content as described above. By researching a song online and creating a digital language activity for their peers, students enhance their language and digital literacy skills while also fostering each other’s intercultural awareness. The paper concludes with reflections on the benefits, limitations, and often neglected implications of using digital technologies to create such a language learning tool.
