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Integrating Social Networking Tools into ESL writing Classroom: Strengths…
Integrating Social Networking Tools into ESL writing Classroom: Strengths and Weaknesses
Social networking service (SNS)
Twitter
MySpace
Facebook
LinkedIn (mostly in North America)
Asia
RenRen
CY
Friendster
Orkut (India)
Literature Review
Constructing Virtual Classroom through Facebook
teach writing
online diaries
in blogs
post compositions
blog as a blackboard
to save all students works
free to use
a lot of technological tools
Integrating SNS into Writing Classroom
curricular planning
content
objectives
digital representation of curriculum
classroom practices
as pedagogical rational
class-related students' posts
teacher as a instructor
unrelated things should not be posted
strictly teacher-oriented
Integration SNS
Wikipedia
Ss and teachers can utilize independently
as modernator
equal opportunity
Integration SNS
Advantages of SNS
Enhances Ss skills
ability to search
evaluation
meaningful interaction with tools
interaction both student - centered and teacher - centered
assists the teachers to connect with ss outside of the classroom
teaching environment
purely textual
Students are guided
Ss express themselves with written words
Ss can write to their teacher directly and each other
teaching and learning opportunities for everyone
lifelong educational environment
motivates and strengths ss social networking skills
assessment
discussion
educational activities
online teaching platform for writing skill
networking has more options
larger audience
multimedia, global interaction
feedback from wide audience
Disadvantages of SNS
mainly for entertainment usage (ss distraction)
teacher-student relationship may be tricky (inappropriate)
personal information may be read
privacy personal information may be viewed
Ss copy and paste assignments
teachers should know how to invite (without forcing)
unawareness of ss or teachers about tech. devices
takes time to design, edit and modify
internet may not be available
ss may drop out of classes
may challenge ss
ss may waste time
time arrangement for both ss and teachers
Web based approaches
result
ss should be inspired
conversation should be recorded
ss need some confidence
time management
SNS
interact via e mails or instant messages
share their opinions
meet strangers, new people
Methodology
Research instrument
Data collection procedure
Research design
Yunus, M. M., Salehi, H., & Chenzi, C. (2012). Integrating social networking tools into ESL writing classroom: Strengths and weaknesses. English language teaching, 5(8), 42-48.
Student: Odilova Kamola 4k
MD Instructor: Nilufar Muhammedova
Fall 2, 2022
