scholarly journals Which is which? The Face or the Book: Tunisian EFL learners’ Use of Facebook in L2 Paragraph Writing

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wided Sassi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Virtual Learning Community ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Similar Vein

Noticing its exponential growth, many educators sought to tap in the potential of harnessing Facebook for educational purposes (Roblyer et al. 2010; Selwyn 2009; Simpson, 2012). Evidence from the literature suggests that, if used judiciously, Facebook can turn into a facilitative platform for language learning beyond the restrictions of traditional provisions (Kabilan, Ahmad, & Abidin, 2010; Yunus & Salehi, 2012). VanDoorn and Eklund (2013) suggest that the Facebook environment, in fact, bears significant resemblance in structure to that of a concrete classroom “-with walls to write on, and party invitations to distribute- and it is perhaps this…that has driven researchers to investigate the potential of Facebook-based social networking to enhance learning” (p.1). Hilscher (2012) further stipulates that the “social nature of Facebook lends itself to the possibility of being used as a virtual learning community” (p.24). Its communicative and interactive functionalities are similarly felt to “mirror much of what we know to be good models of learning, in that they are collaborative and encourage an active participatory role for users” (Maloney, 2017, p. 26). Mills (2011), in a similar vein, concurs that Facebook provides new avenues for students to explore cultural differences and build positive rapport.

Facebook Discussion to Enhance English Learners' Metacognitive Strategies

2017 ◽  
pp. 132-152
Author(s):  
Pei-Ling Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
College Learners

The present study aims to investigate the effect of Facebook discussion on EFL learners' metacognitive strategy application. Various language learning strategies suggested in many studies have a positive and significant influence on learners' academic accomplishment. However, there is little research on how to promote the learners' learning strategy applications through the assistance of social networking. Social networking has been drawing huge attention in different research fields. Especially in higher education, it has been applied to promote learning, interaction, and engagement. Thus, in this study, 83 EFL college learners are recruited to participate in the Facebook discussion for the purpose of examining whether learning contexts would have an influence on learners' strategy applications, especially the metacognitive strategies. After a semester's study, the participants in the Facebook discussion group reported to apply more metacognitive strategies and most of them have positive attitudes towards the Facebook-assisted discussion.

scholarly journals The Social Function of Imitation in Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Over
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social

Imitation is a deeply social process. Here, I review evidence that children use imitation as a means by which to affiliate with others. For example, children imitate the actions of others more closely when they seek a positive social relationship with them and respond positively to being imitated. Furthermore, children infer something of the relationships between third parties by observing their imitative exchanges. Understanding the social nature of imitation requires exploring the nature of the social relationships between children and the individuals they imitate. Thus, in addition to discussing children's own goals in imitative situations, I review the social pressures children experience to imitate in particular ways, learning to conform to the conventions and rituals of their group. In the latter part of this article, I discuss the extent to which this perspective on imitation can help us to understand broader topics within social development, including the origins of human cultural differences.

scholarly journals The social networking service “Niconico Douga” as a virtual self-access learning space: An analysis of the language learning history of a Japanese language learner from Hong Kong ニコニコ動画が持つバーチャルなセルフアクセスラーニングスペースとしての機能に関する考察～香港出身の日本語学習者の言語学習史をもとに～

2018 ◽  
pp. 179-195
Author(s):  
Yoshio Nakai
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Social Networking Service ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Virtual Self ◽  
The Social

This article explores a language learning experience of a JFL (Japanese as a Foreign language) learner from Hong Kong who uses the social networking service “Niconico Douga”. An analysis of her language learning history revealed that she not only utilized Niconico Douga as a resource bank for learning Japanese, but also that it functioned as a virtual self-access learning space. She learned Japanese language through watching and broadcasting live videos of playing computer games. Niconico Douga acts as a community of practice consisting of people who want to share and exchange information about playing digital games. She acquired Japanese language through practicing in the community of practice that allowed her to participate freely in special interest groups for playing digital games which offered the role models supporting her practice of broadcasting live videos of playing games. The features of Niconico Douga have a great potential for learning Japanese autonomously due to its accessibility and availability of resources. 本稿は、香港出身の日本語学習者Aさん（仮名）が行ったJFL環境下で独学による日本語学習に関する論考である。Aさんは香港では学校などでのフォーマルな日本語教育を受けた経験がなく、日本語に興味を持った中学生のころからニコニコ動画にアップロードされているゲームの実況動画やその生放送を用いて自力で日本語を学んできた。Aさんはゲームを楽しむ、あるいは攻略方法を知るという目的を持った人たちが集まる実況動画や生放送の中から自身に合ったものを選択し、そこでのやり取りを理解してコメントを発信したり、Aさん自身がゲーム実況の生放送をしたりすることを通して日本語を学んできた。Aさんにとって、ニコニコ動画という場は、ゲームに関する実践を通して日本語が学べる実践共同体であると同時に、自身の目的や日本語レベルに合った動画や生放送が見られる保管庫でもあるバーチャルなセルフアクセスラーニングスペースとして機能していたことが分かった。

scholarly journals Learners’ Beliefs and Communities Around Them: The Social Pressure to Learn Language

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401989884
Author(s):  
Munassir Alhamami
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Social Pressure ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning Language

This study used a mixed-methods design to investigate the effects of language learners’ subjective norm (SN) beliefs on learning English as a foreign language (EFL). To examine the perceived social pressure to learn EFL, two experiments were conducted in a Saudi university: a face-to-face language learning (FLL) experiment and an online language learning (OLL) experiment. A total of 674 EFL learners participated in the FLL treatment, and 286 EFL learners participated in the OLL treatment. In addition, several interviews were conducted with participants from both groups. The results show that understanding the SN beliefs of particular groups of people can help predict EFL students’ perceived social pressure to engage or not in learning a foreign language in online and face-to-face settings. Comparing the results of both groups shows that EFL learners hold more positive SN beliefs toward learning language in face-to-face settings than in online settings due to the participants’ SN beliefs. This finding highlights the importance of understanding the social pressure confronting language learners.

Facebook Discussion to Enhance English Learners' Metacognitive Strategies

2019 ◽  
pp. 1928-1948
Author(s):  
Pei-Ling Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
College Learners

The present study aims to investigate the effect of Facebook discussion on EFL learners' metacognitive strategy application. Various language learning strategies suggested in many studies have a positive and significant influence on learners' academic accomplishment. However, there is little research on how to promote the learners' learning strategy applications through the assistance of social networking. Social networking has been drawing huge attention in different research fields. Especially in higher education, it has been applied to promote learning, interaction, and engagement. Thus, in this study, 83 EFL college learners are recruited to participate in the Facebook discussion for the purpose of examining whether learning contexts would have an influence on learners' strategy applications, especially the metacognitive strategies. After a semester's study, the participants in the Facebook discussion group reported to apply more metacognitive strategies and most of them have positive attitudes towards the Facebook-assisted discussion.

The Critical Thinking Component in Language Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Engracia Angrill Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
The Social

Determined to find a way to keep course content interesting and her students engaged, the author researched past and current approaches to teaching languages during an academic sabbatical. The outcome of her research was the realization that culture is the driving force that propels communication in language learning. Cultural inquiry engages language learners intellectually, and the classroom provides the social environment needed for the exchange of knowledge and ideas within a learning community. The author presents teacher candidates with a systematic approach for the creation of learning tasks that incorporate critical thinking. These tasks are, furthermore, classified according to the role they play in the learning process, whether exploratory, formative, or functional in nature.

scholarly journals Effect of online social networking on employee productivity

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ferreira ◽  
T. Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Online Social Networking ◽  
Employee Productivity ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Unrestricted Access ◽  
And Storage

The popularity of social networking sites is relatively recent and the effect of online social networking (OSN) on employee productivity has not received much scholarly attention. The reason most likely lies in the social nature of social networking sites and OSN, which is assumed to have a negative effect on employee productivity and not bear organisational benefit. This reseach investigated recent Internet developments as seen in the social Web and specifically investigated the effect of OSN on employee productivity and what some of the consequences would be if employees were allowed unrestricted access to these networks. The findings concerning the nature of employees' OSN activities, employees' attitude or perceptions with regard to OSN in the workplace and how OSN can contribute or affect the productivity of employees are discussed in this article. Some of the basic misconceptions regarding OSN are highlighted and it is concluded that this technology can be used to increase collaboration between individuals who share a common interest or goal. Increased collaboration will stimulate knowledge sharing between individuals, with the possible effect of increased productivity. However, the risks associated with OSN should be noted, such as loss of privacy, bandwidth and storage consumption, exposure to malware and lower employee productivity.

scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF SOCIALITY IN GERMAN CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY: BETWEEN FREEDOM AND NECESSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (46) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
O. Yatsenko
Keyword(s):  
Historical Memory ◽  
Philosophical Concept ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Individual Consciousness ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classical Philosophy ◽  
Transcendental Apperception ◽  
Communicative Space

The article argues that the contradiction between mathematical necessity and the philosophical concept of freedom becomes a real road stone of idealist philosophy. Based on the inherent German classical philosophy of the absolutization of the subject, extends to the internalization of universal concepts of culture as the social nature of reason and rationality. It is proved the understanding of culture as an explication of activity, which based on ethical and axiological norms, and is consolidated in a single human community. The author argues that in the dialectic of the abstract and the concrete, the essence and the existing beginning of life is completed in the forms of thinking, and this is specifically the human, cultural way of being. That is, the personification of culture in the face of the subject is a process of forming a culture of personal thinking, and universal heritage (historical memory) in the communicative space of society is extrapolated to individual consciousness, which in turn becomes the driving force of the cultural process.Key words: culture, sociality, freedom, necessity, subjectivity, thinking, transcendental apperception.

scholarly journals Utilization of Social Networks among Saudi EFL Learners: Trends and Uses

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (35) ◽  
pp. 464
Author(s):  
Mubarak Alkhatnai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Life ◽  
New Technology ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
The Social ◽  
Actual Use

The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of social networking sites among learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Saudi institutions of higher education. The actual study was conducted at the King Saud University (KSU). Reports on the extent to which the students are familiar with social media and the manner in which they utilize the technology were obtained. The research also examines the perception of students regarding the use social networking sites in their learning. The percentage of students using the social media and their frequency of visiting the sites also form part of the discussion of this paper. This is in an attempt to draw a clear picture of how the utilization of this new technology is emerging in Saudi higher education. The findings are discussed in light of students’ actual use and their perceived beliefs about the use of such technologies in their learning and social life.

scholarly journals Privacy as an Alterity Problem Dimension: Analysis of Ten Journalism Dictionaries

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Rogério Christofoletti
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Dimension Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Problem Dimension ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Source Of Information

The social nature of journalism forces this activity to take place only in the face of alterity and from it. To narrate the facts, the journalist resorts to the Other - as a source of information - and the product of this work is destined to another Other, the audience. Information publicity and privacy regimes are related to alterity in journalism. Privacy is an individual right that can constrain a collective right, for example. To deepen the debate, this article identifies how privacy presents itself in the academic bibliography and ten area dictionaries over five decades. The results point to rarity, outdatedness and insufficiency in the treatment of the subject in journalism.A natureza social do jornalismo obriga esta atividade a se efetivar apenas diante da alteridade e a partir dela. Para narrar os fatos, o jornalista recorre ao Outro - como fonte de informação - e o produto desse trabalho se destina a um outro Outro, a audiência. Regimes de privacidade e publicidade das informações relacionam-se à alteridade no jornalismo. A privacidade é um direito individual que pode constranger um direito coletivo, por exemplo. Para aprofundar o debate, este artigo identifica como a privacidade se apresenta na bibliografia acadêmica e em dez dicionários da área ao longo de cinco décadas. Os resultados apontam para raridade, desatualização e insuficiência no tratamento do tema no jornalismo.El periodismo sólo se realiza en la otredad y a partir de ella. Para narrar los hechos, los periodistas buscan el otro - como fuentes de información - y el resultado de este trabajo es un otro Otro, la audiencia. Las políticas de privacidad e publicidad de las informaciones refuerzan la otredad en el periodismo. La privacidad es un derecho individual que puede desconcertar un derecho colectivo. Para una mayor discusión, este artículo identifica como la privacidad se presenta en diez diccionarios de la área en cinco décadas. Los resultados indican tratamiento raro, obsoleto e insuficiente acerca de la privacidad en el periodismo.

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