fbi and essay writing pre-task
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FBI = Facebook InteractionTRANSCRIPT
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FBI and Essay Writing Pre-task: Yemeni EFL students’
Perceptions, attitudes and challenges
Mohialdeen AlotumiPhD Scholar
EFL University
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Last Century Innovations
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ICT radically transformed
the way people
learn
communicate
do business
• Daniels (2002, p. 3)
“Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society.”
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Present generation learners changed fundamentally from past generation learners
Not only
• Clothing • Hairstyles
But also
• Learning• Thinking• Processing
information
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Technology in Education
Prensky (2001)
Digital natives Digital immigrants
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• How many of you are digital natives?
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• How many of you are digital immigrants?
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The fact now
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Abundance of
information
Communication means
Cyberspace
Learners’
Perceptions of the world
Relationship between
educators and learners
Learning styles
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Computer Mediated Communication
(CMC)
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CMC is defined as“reading, writing and communication via networked computers.”
(Warschauer 2001, p. 207)
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CMC
Synchronous Asynchronous
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A good tool of CMC: Social Network Sites (SNSs)
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The most Popular: Facebook
• Active Facebook users worldwide =
1,230,000,000 (December 31, 2013)
• Active Facebook users in Yemen =
1,200,000 (September 10, 2013 )
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Why use Facebook
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Interactivity
feature(Zhao, 2003)
Grammar & spelling checkers
(Jacobs & Rodger, 1999)
Positive impact/
attitude & motivation(Kabilan et al,
2010)
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Challenges: Incorporating Web 2.0 tools
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Challenges/Web 2.0
User’s safety( Selwyn,
2007)
Lack of information Privacy
(Grass & Acquisiti,
2009)
Time managem
ent(Selwyn, 2007)
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In this study
TBL (Willis, 1996)TBLT (Nunan, 2004)
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Pre-task
Task
Post-
task
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This study attempts to answer:
How does Facebook interaction (FBI) assist Yemeni higher intermediate EFL students in writing their essays?
What are the Yemeni higher intermediate EFL students’ attitudes towards FBI integration in the writing class?
What are the challenges faced by Yemeni higher intermediate EFL students while utilizing FBI in the writing class?
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Facebook Groups
• Fun for Interaction• Interaction for Fun• Interaction is Fun
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Methodology
AMIDEAST-Sana’a50 higher intermediate EFL
students (28 M, 22 F)Same level but different
classroomsOnline questionnaire (17 closed-
ended + 3 open-ended ones)
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Results
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Perceptions
Topic familia
rity
Better though
tMind-mappi
ng
Spelling errors
New Vocab
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Attitude
Motivation
Convenience
Readiness
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Challenge
sTime
Typing
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Tips
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