Facebook: An online environment for learning of English in institutions of higher education?

被引：307
作者：
Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul [1 ]
Ahmad, Norlida [1 ]
Abidin, Mohamad Jafre Zainol [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Sains Malaysia, Sch Educ Studies, George Town 11800, Malaysia
来源：
INTERNET AND HIGHER EDUCATION | 2010年 / 13卷 / 04期
关键词：
Facebook; Language learning; Incidental learning; MULTIMEDIA ANNOTATIONS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.07.003
中图分类号：
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号：
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要：
Facebook (FB) is currently considered as the most popular platform for online social networking among university students. The purpose of this study is to investigate if university students consider FB as a useful and meaningful learning environment that could support, enhance and/or strengthen their learning of the English language. A survey was carried out with 300 undergraduate students at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang. It was found that the students believed FB could be utilized as an online environment to facilitate the learning of English. Nevertheless, teachers or language instructors have to integrate FB as an educational project with predetermined learning objectives and outcomes for the learning experience to be meaningful. It is suggested that future research should focus on the meaningfulness of FB to students' language learning experiences. (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码：179 / 187
页数：9
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