Investigating the use of social networking site in an ESL writing class
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This paper presents a case study that examined the use of one of the Web 2.0 services, a social networking site (SNS), in an adult ESL writing class. The main purpose of this study is to investigate and describe how the SNS was implemented, and how the students perceived its use for their learning. Data were collected over a five-month period, including classroom observations, online artifacts, and interviews with the instructor and the seven ESL students. Drawing on activity theory (Leontiev, 1981) and situated learning theory (Lave & Wenger, 1991), the researcher analyzed factors that contributed to the unsuccessful use of the SNS in this particular writing class. The findings of this study show the major conflicts that existed between the English teacher and the ESL students in terms of their ontological views on learning, which resulted in reducing the students’ sense of achievement, belonging, and recognition in the process of learning to write with the SNS. The educational implications for using Web 2.0 services in L2 classes have been discussed.
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This paper presents a case study that examined the use of one of the Web 2.0 services, a social networking site (SNS), in an adult ESL writing class. The main purpose of this study is to investigate and describe how the SNS was implemented, and how the students perceived its use for their learning. Data were collected over a five-month period, including classroom observations, online artifacts, and interviews with the instructor and the seven ESL students. Drawing on activity theory (Leontiev, 1981) and situated learning theory (Lave & Wenger, 1991), the researcher analyzed factors that contributed to the unsuccessful use of the SNS in this particular writing class. The findings of this study show the major conflicts that existed between the English teacher and the ESL students in terms of their ontological views on learning, which resulted in reducing the students’ sense of achievement, belonging, and recognition in the process of learning to write with the SNS. The educational implications for using Web 2.0 services in L2 classes have been discussed.
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