The Use of Social Networking Sites for Instructional Purposes and Applications among English as a Foreign Language Teachers in the English Language Center at Abha College of Technology
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Alnaji Ahmed
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- Keywords:
- Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in Education, EFL Teaching and Learning, Abha College of Technology, English Language Instruction, Teachers’ Perceptions of Technology Use, Instructional Use of Social Media
- Abstract
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Because social networking sites (SNSs) have become a trend with a great influence on many
aspects and functions of educational organizations, their potential advantages for instructors have
attracted extensive attention in the educational field. The purpose of this study was exploring the
use of SNSs by English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in the English Language Centre
(ELC) at Abha College of Technology (ACT) in Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire of 15 items was
developed and posted online. All EFL teachers (N = 25) in the ELC at ACT were invited to fill in
the survey on Survey Monkey. The results indicated that the participants had rarely used SNSs
for instructional purposes. Indeed, they reported greater personal use of SNSs than use for
instruction, but they had high levels of positive perceptions of the use of SNSs as a teaching tool. - Downloads
- Published
- 2019-04-26
- Issue
- Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019)
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- Articles