Developing reading skills through pedagogical use of Facebook in EFL high school students in Ecuador
Keywords:
Education, EFL teaching, Social networks, Web 2.0
Abstract
This study was done with the aim of discovering if using Facebook (FB) in EFL classrooms help to develop reading skills. The participants were 180 high school students. This action research was approached through mixed method. Data was gathered by means of students’ weekly activities and a survey administered to teachers and students. The study concludes that the pedagogical use of FB favors the for improvement of reading skills, besides there is a total agreement of participants on the idea that FB has enhanced the aforementioned skill.
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Espinosa, Ligia. F. (2015). The use of Facebook for educational purposes in EFL classrooms. Theory and Practice in Language Studies 5, no. 11: pp. 2206–2211.
Gómez Hurtado, Inmaculada., García–Prieto, Francisco Javier, y Delgado–García, Manuel (2018). Uso de la red social Facebook como herramienta de aprendizaje en estudiantes universitarios: estudio integrado sobre percepciones. Perspectiva Educacional 57, no 1: 99–119.
Kabilan, Muhamad, Ahmad, Norilda, and Abidin, Mohamad (2010). Facebook: An online environment for learning of English in institutions of higher education? The Internet and higher education 13, no. 4: pp. 179–187.
Roblyer, Margaret. et.al. (2010). Findings on Facebook in higher education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites. The Internet and higher education 13, no. 3: pp. 134–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.03.002
Published
2019-12-31
How to Cite
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Benítez Correa, C. and Vargas Saritama, A. 2019. Developing reading skills through pedagogical use of Facebook in EFL high school students in Ecuador. Analysis. Claves de Pensamiento Contemporáneo. 22, (Dec. 2019), 107-109.
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