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

Place University 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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