Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students

Social networking services (SNSs) are a much-touted technology for improved learning, yet very little research goes beyond the classroom-level controlled application of SNSs. This paper provides a look at reported usage and application of SNSs beyond the classroom, where data is scarce. The paper...

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Main Authors:	Afendi Hamat, Haslinda Abu Hassan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14010/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14010/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14010/1/34719-115971-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-140102020-01-24T00:06:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14010/ Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students Afendi Hamat, Haslinda Abu Hassan, Social networking services (SNSs) are a much-touted technology for improved learning, yet very little research goes beyond the classroom-level controlled application of SNSs. This paper provides a look at reported usage and application of SNSs beyond the classroom, where data is scarce. The paper describes an investigation on whether Malaysian university students think SNSs are helpful for learning English, and the areas of language proficiency that these students perceived to benefit the most from their usage of SNSs. A total of 6,085 students participated in the online survey. Results indicate that an overwhelming majority (99.7%) make use of SNSs to learn English outside the classroom and 97.4% of these believe their use of SNSs helps improve their proficiency. The respondents indicated that the areas of proficiency that benefitted the most from their use of SNSs are writing, communication, vocabulary development and reading. In contrast, grammar as well as listening and speaking benefitted the least. The results presented a much needed, and currently lacking, view into the actual utility and use of SNSs for the purpose of informal learning of English among students in Malaysian universities. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14010/1/34719-115971-1-PB.pdf Afendi Hamat, and Haslinda Abu Hassan, (2019) Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 25 (4). pp. 68-83. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1230
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description	Social networking services (SNSs) are a much-touted technology for improved learning, yet very little research goes beyond the classroom-level controlled application of SNSs. This paper provides a look at reported usage and application of SNSs beyond the classroom, where data is scarce. The paper describes an investigation on whether Malaysian university students think SNSs are helpful for learning English, and the areas of language proficiency that these students perceived to benefit the most from their usage of SNSs. A total of 6,085 students participated in the online survey. Results indicate that an overwhelming majority (99.7%) make use of SNSs to learn English outside the classroom and 97.4% of these believe their use of SNSs helps improve their proficiency. The respondents indicated that the areas of proficiency that benefitted the most from their use of SNSs are writing, communication, vocabulary development and reading. In contrast, grammar as well as listening and speaking benefitted the least. The results presented a much needed, and currently lacking, view into the actual utility and use of SNSs for the purpose of informal learning of English among students in Malaysian universities.
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title	Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students
title_short	Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students
title_full	Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students
title_fullStr	Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students
title_full_unstemmed	Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students
title_sort	use of social media for informal language learning by malaysian university students
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
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Use of social media for informal language learning by Malaysian university students

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