Fostering Foreign Language Learning with Twitter: Reflections from English Learners

Autor/inn/en	Taskiran, Ayse; Gumusoglu, Eylem Koral; Aydin, Belgin
Titel	Fostering Foreign Language Learning with Twitter: Reflections from English Learners
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 19 (2018) 1, S.100-116, Artikel 8 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Social Media; Student Motivation; College Students; Student Attitudes; Extracurricular Activities; Questionnaires; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Student Participation; Student Satisfaction; Barriers; Statistical Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziale Medien; Schulische Motivation; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Fragebogen; Telekommunikationstechnik; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Statistische Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	Education in 21st century is dominated by the generation of digital natives who are greatly exposed to and participate in technology in their social and educational lives. There is no doubt that anything experienced in social life directly affects learners' educational experiences. Highly popular social networks are being used in almost every educational area. In the process of teaching English as a foreign language social networking sites enhance active participation of learners for real purposes. This helps them gain motivation and real life experience through gaining different roles, such as authors and readers. One of the most widely used social networking sites is Twitter, a microblogging platform. This study focuses on use of twitter as a microblogging platform by learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) at Anadolu University School of Foreign Languages. The study aims to gain insights about learners' perceptions of the use of Twitter in language learning process and how participants feel about their tweeting as an extra-curricular activity throughout 4 weeks, each consisting of three different hot topics either determined by the class teachers or by students themselves. The study based on voluntary participation, and the content had no relation with the curriculum. The participants answered a questionnaire and evaluated Twitter along with language learning process. The results reveal that Turkish learners had mostly positive opinions on using Twitter and stated that twitting messages facilitated their language learning experience. Including extracurricular activities, such as Twitter, into language teaching is suggested as a result of this study. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01