Effects of Using Facebook as a Medium for Discussions of English Grammar and Writing of Low-Intermediate EFL Students.

Autor/inn/en	Suthiwartnarueput, Thanawan; Wasanasomsithi, Punchalee
Titel	Effects of Using Facebook as a Medium for Discussions of English Grammar and Writing of Low-Intermediate EFL Students.
Quelle	In: Electronic journal of foreign language teaching, 9 (2012) 2, S. 194-214 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Abbildungen 1; Tabellen 8
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0219-9874
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Test; Lernmethode; Methodik; Grammatik; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Schreiben; Soziales Netzwerk
Abstract	The present study explored the effects of using Facebook as a medium for grammar and writing discussions of low-intermediate EFL students. The data were collected from the students' utterances asking for explana-tions about English grammar and writing that were posted on Facebook, their gain scores in the pre-test and post-test, and interview responses. The findings showed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the pre-test and the post-test (t = 6.65, p = 0.00). Most common topics of discussion involved sentence structures, followed by word meanings, parts of speech and then relative clauses. It was found that English grammar was worth promoting for discussions on Facebook because there were correlations between the gain scores in the grammar and writing parts at the significant levels (r = 0.399 in the pre-test and r = 0.859 in the post-test). The students also had positive attitudes toward using Facebook as a means of learning grammar and writing. As an alternative learning tool, Facebook provided them a convenient and attractive means to engage in discussions with the teacher and other users who had better grammatical knowledge. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2