Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environment

This study investigates the effectiveness of using Facebook in enhancing vocabulary knowledge among Community College students. Thirty-three (33) Community College students are exposed to the use of Facebook as an environment of learning and enhancing their English vocabulary. They are given a pre-t...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan, Tuti Zalina Mohamed Ernes Zahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia 2016-01-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/1346
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description This study investigates the effectiveness of using Facebook in enhancing vocabulary knowledge among Community College students. Thirty-three (33) Community College students are exposed to the use of Facebook as an environment of learning and enhancing their English vocabulary. They are given a pre-test and a post-test and the findings indicate that students perform significantly better in the post-test compared to the pre-test. It appears that Facebook could be considered as a supplementary learning environment or learning platform or a learning tool; with meaningful and engaging activities that require students to collaborate, network and functions as a community of practice, particularly for introverted students with low proficiency levels and have low self-esteem.
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spelling doaj.art-84edfa456a65418f8d5acf1549f15b632022-12-22T01:12:35ZengUniversitas Pendidikan IndonesiaIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics2301-94682502-67472016-01-015221723010.17509/ijal.v5i2.13461088Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environmentMuhammad Kamarul Kabilan0Tuti Zalina Mohamed Ernes Zahar1Universiti Sains MalaysiaBayan Baru Community CollegeThis study investigates the effectiveness of using Facebook in enhancing vocabulary knowledge among Community College students. Thirty-three (33) Community College students are exposed to the use of Facebook as an environment of learning and enhancing their English vocabulary. They are given a pre-test and a post-test and the findings indicate that students perform significantly better in the post-test compared to the pre-test. It appears that Facebook could be considered as a supplementary learning environment or learning platform or a learning tool; with meaningful and engaging activities that require students to collaborate, network and functions as a community of practice, particularly for introverted students with low proficiency levels and have low self-esteem.http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/1346interactive learning environmentslearning communities, collaborative learning, vocabulary learning
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Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environment
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
interactive learning environments
learning communities, collaborative learning, vocabulary learning
title Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environment
title_full Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environment
title_fullStr Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environment
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environment
title_short Enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge using the Facebook environment
title_sort enhancing students vocabulary knowledge using the facebook environment
topic interactive learning environments
learning communities, collaborative learning, vocabulary learning
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