Comparing Students’ Academic Engagement Based on How Much They Use Social Networks in Learning English
Context The current study aimed at comparing students’ academic engagement (AE) based on their educational use of social networks (EUSN) in learning English at the Iran language Institute (ILI), Tabriz branch. Methods The survey study evaluated the status of EUSN and AE on 204 English language learn...
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| description | Context The current study aimed at comparing students’ academic engagement (AE) based on their educational use of social networks (EUSN) in learning English at the Iran language Institute (ILI), Tabriz branch. Methods The survey study evaluated the status of EUSN and AE on 204 English language learners (ELLs). The population of the study consisted of all ELLs (n = 1874) studying at the Tabriz branch of ILI in the spring of 2017. The instruments used in the current study to measure variables were the Reeve and Tseng AE questionnaire (α = 0.968) and a researcher-made questionnaire (α = 0.966) for EUSN. Results The results of ANOVA and least significant difference (LSD) showed that students’ AE varied according to their EUSN. AE of the ELLs using social network four to six hours a week (103.82 ± 8.19 hours) was higher than (93.74 ± 12.73 hours) those of the ones that spent two to four hours on social network and theirs was higher than (86.52 ± 16.7 hours) those of the ones that spent less than two hours on social network (P < 0.01). This difference was significant in all components of AE. Conclusions The use of social networking in education and learning can provide an appropriate basis for interaction between teachers and students and use of these networks in the teaching process is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee778b979eda415f8738b9614f41cbc92022-12-21T17:50:15ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesInterdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences2476-72632476-72712018-06-019210.5812/ijvlms.6555244836Comparing Students’ Academic Engagement Based on How Much They Use Social Networks in Learning EnglishFakhri Zamani0Behnam Talebi1Department of Educational Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Educational Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IranContext The current study aimed at comparing students’ academic engagement (AE) based on their educational use of social networks (EUSN) in learning English at the Iran language Institute (ILI), Tabriz branch. Methods The survey study evaluated the status of EUSN and AE on 204 English language learners (ELLs). The population of the study consisted of all ELLs (n = 1874) studying at the Tabriz branch of ILI in the spring of 2017. The instruments used in the current study to measure variables were the Reeve and Tseng AE questionnaire (α = 0.968) and a researcher-made questionnaire (α = 0.966) for EUSN. Results The results of ANOVA and least significant difference (LSD) showed that students’ AE varied according to their EUSN. AE of the ELLs using social network four to six hours a week (103.82 ± 8.19 hours) was higher than (93.74 ± 12.73 hours) those of the ones that spent two to four hours on social network and theirs was higher than (86.52 ± 16.7 hours) those of the ones that spent less than two hours on social network (P < 0.01). This difference was significant in all components of AE. Conclusions The use of social networking in education and learning can provide an appropriate basis for interaction between teachers and students and use of these networks in the teaching process is recommended.http://ijvlms.sums.ac.ir/article_44836_73f6caa2f785be99450c15793059bc4d.pdfsocial networksstudentslearninglanguage |
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| title | Comparing Students’ Academic Engagement Based on How Much They Use Social Networks in Learning English |
| title_full | Comparing Students’ Academic Engagement Based on How Much They Use Social Networks in Learning English |
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| title_sort | comparing students academic engagement based on how much they use social networks in learning english |
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