Using Facebook to Learn English
Using Facebook to Learn English
Mei-ling Lin
Language Center, Yuanpei University of Science and Technology
Learning English can be fun and the locale can be outside the classroom. It is not just about grades or tests. This paper aims at proposing teachers and students to use Facebook as an alternative venue for learning English. Playing online games, such as Farmville and word games, and learning English at the same time can keep students motivated and make learning interesting. Exposure to the settings of certain games in English enables the students to be familiar with specific topics and themes, which is great for vocabulary building and sentence pattern acquisition. Since Facebook is a popular social networking Web site, teachers and students become friends here. Communication or chatting and cooperation in learning among peers become easier to take place. Hooked on Facebook, teachers and students can also be aware of groups and communities, such as TEFL, English Teaching Forum and WE DIDNT LEARN THIS SO WHY IS IT ON THE TEST?!, where one can become a fan or a member to learn English online. A questionnaire will also be designed and the results will be analyzed to see whether English can be learned through Facebook. This paper will hopefully conclude that it is feasible and justifiable for teachers to introduce Facebook to students and it is an interesting and beneficial method for students to learn English.
Keywords
1. Facebook 2. Learning English 3. Playing Online Games in English 4. Farmville and word games 5. TEFL, English Teaching Forum, Internet Polyglot
利用臉書學英語
林玫玲
元培科技大學語言中心
英語學習可以很有趣，不只是靠成績或考試決定，也不見得一定要在教室裡進行。本文旨在提議教師與學生利用臉書，當作學習英語的另一個場域。玩英語線上遊戲的同時學習英語，可讓學生興趣高昂、讓學習變得有趣。暴露於英語線上遊戲，讓學生熟悉特定的主題，對於單字、句型的學習大有助益。 有鑒於臉書是大家喜愛的社交網路平台，教師與學生在此可成為好友。溝通或閒聊以及同儕間的協同學習就很容易進行。師生加入臉書上的英語社團，成為會員或粉絲，更是另外一種學習的好方法。 文中會有一份設計好的問卷，調查使用臉書是否有助於英語學習。藉此結果分析，希望能讓老師勇於推薦，利用臉書來學習英語，為有效且可行的方法。
關鍵詞
1. 臉書
2. 英語學習
3. 玩英語線上遊戲
Mei-ling Lin
Language Center, Yuanpei University of Science and Technology
Learning English can be fun and the locale can be outside the classroom. It is not just about grades or tests. This paper aims at proposing teachers and students to use Facebook as an alternative venue for learning English. Playing online games, such as Farmville and word games, and learning English at the same time can keep students motivated and make learning interesting. Exposure to the settings of certain games in English enables the students to be familiar with specific topics and themes, which is great for vocabulary building and sentence pattern acquisition. Since Facebook is a popular social networking Web site, teachers and students become friends here. Communication or chatting and cooperation in learning among peers become easier to take place. Hooked on Facebook, teachers and students can also be aware of groups and communities, such as TEFL, English Teaching Forum and WE DIDNT LEARN THIS SO WHY IS IT ON THE TEST?!, where one can become a fan or a member to learn English online. A questionnaire will also be designed and the results will be analyzed to see whether English can be learned through Facebook. This paper will hopefully conclude that it is feasible and justifiable for teachers to introduce Facebook to students and it is an interesting and beneficial method for students to learn English.
Keywords
1. Facebook 2. Learning English 3. Playing Online Games in English 4. Farmville and word games 5. TEFL, English Teaching Forum, Internet Polyglot
利用臉書學英語
林玫玲
元培科技大學語言中心
英語學習可以很有趣，不只是靠成績或考試決定，也不見得一定要在教室裡進行。本文旨在提議教師與學生利用臉書，當作學習英語的另一個場域。玩英語線上遊戲的同時學習英語，可讓學生興趣高昂、讓學習變得有趣。暴露於英語線上遊戲，讓學生熟悉特定的主題，對於單字、句型的學習大有助益。 有鑒於臉書是大家喜愛的社交網路平台，教師與學生在此可成為好友。溝通或閒聊以及同儕間的協同學習就很容易進行。師生加入臉書上的英語社團，成為會員或粉絲，更是另外一種學習的好方法。 文中會有一份設計好的問卷，調查使用臉書是否有助於英語學習。藉此結果分析，希望能讓老師勇於推薦，利用臉書來學習英語，為有效且可行的方法。
關鍵詞
1. 臉書
2. 英語學習
3. 玩英語線上遊戲
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