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Facebook: An online environment for learning of English in
institutions of higher education?
Presenter: Pei-Lun Allen Lee
Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying Teresa Hsu
Date: December 29, 2010
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Citation
Kabilan, M. K., Ahmad, N., & Abidin, M. J. Z. (2010). Facebook: An online environment for learning of English in institutions of higher education? Internet and Higher Education, 13, 179-187.
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ContentsIntroduction
Literature Review
Methodology
Findings
Conclusions
Reflections
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Introduction
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Old Valuable
Efficient Convenient
Computer-mediated communication
Introduction
the global literacy
wikis
blogs
computer-mediated
communication tools
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Introduction
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Purpose
- To investigate if students consider FB as a useful and meaningful learning environment that could supports, enhance their learning of the English language
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2. Do the students consider FB as an online environment that facilitates their English language? If yes, in what aspects?
1. What are students’ general practices or uses of FB?
Research questions
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Literature Review
language interaction
(Blattner & Fiori, 2009) 9
Literature Review
social interaction observation repetition
Incidental learning is especially effective.
(Cahoon, 1995., Mcferrin, 1999., Pennington, 1989., & Rogers, 1997.)
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Methodology
PlaceUniversity Sains Malaysia
(USM)
Participants 300 students
Instruments Questionnaires and interview
Spend time 3 days
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Questionnaires
demographic information
their language usage
Section A
information on the students’ practices of FB
a construct on learning English in FB
Section B
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5-level Likert scales
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly disagree
Disagree Neither
agree nor disagree
AgreeStrongly
agree
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Interview
face to face interview
an open-ended question
ex :
Did Facebook assist you in improving your English? If so, how?
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Findings
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Male,81
(27%)
Female, 219
(73%)
Demographic data
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Findings
Account
Yes 137 (45.7%)Once a day
(33%)
Once a month (51.5%)
Once a week (15.3%)
No 163 (54.3%)
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FindingsImprovement of language skills
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FindingsConfidence
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FindingsMotivation
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FindingsAttitude
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Conclusion
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1. What are students’ general practices or uses of FB?
Students general use a mix language of English and Bahasa Malaysia on the FB.
Conclusion
2. Do the students consider FB as an online environment that facilitates their English language? If yes, in what aspects?
They are the improvement of students’ language skills and the motivation, confidence and attitudes of students in English learning.
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Reflections
Both quantitative and qualitative were used.
The discussions were well written.
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Reflections
Did they record the interview?
What kind of data analysis did they use?
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Thanks for your attention.
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