Facebook as a tool to learn English vocabulary

Norma Flores-González, Vianey Castelán-Flores, Mónica Zamora-Hernández, Efigenia Flores-González
2019 Journal of Teaching and Educational Research  
Nowadays, the integration of social networking sites (SNS) into the education field, like Facebook, has changed the way people communicate with each other and created new learning approaches. Therefore, the importance of implementing pedagogical strategies for English language learning (ELL) to create new learning classrooms either physical or virtual should be privileged this time. The objectives of this research article are to know if the Facebook tool helps students to learn vocabulary in
more » ... lish, and identify what learning strategies they use to learn vocabulary meanwhile interacting with this tool. Thus, the research questions are: 1. Does Facebook allow students to learn vocabulary in English? 2. What learning strategies do students use to learn vocabulary when interacting on facebook? Concerning methodology, the research was accomplished by using a quantitative method with a cross-sectional design and a Likert scale questionnaire. The results showed that Facebook is useful to learn not only vocabulary but also English language since students used the vocabulary in authentic, natural, and meaningful contexts. Besides, it provides important data to identify different strategies used to learn vocabulary because this social network became part of their learning process.
doi:10.35429/jter.2019.16.5.10.19 fatcat:zrip5jw6ajczfh7kg7zjddc5yi