Friday, 25 October 2013

My Background of the Study

Recently, technology has influenced the pedagogy of teaching especially in ESL classrooms. With the rapid growth of technology, social network services (SNSs) have spread and become a new addiction among the young people around the world. Social network sites such as Facebook, blogs and Twitter are being used worldwide. It has become one of the most useful tools not only to establish social interactions among individuals but also to enhance the teaching and learning process especially in promoting the students’ writing skills in the ESL classroom. Although SNSs could be one of the interactive tools to help promote students’ writing skills and encourage the learning of English, but there are strengths and weaknesses in integrating its usage in the ESL writing classroom.  In a study conducted by Mohaganeswary & Parilah (2013), the findings discovered that teachers’ attitude towards the use of technology in class is positive whereby the results revealed that 70% of the respondents agree that computer is a valuable tool for them to teach and they completely agree that it will help change the way students learn in class. However, with the advancement of technology, it could lead to some disadvantages that could be the causes of why lecturers do not want to make use technology in their classrooms. According to Melor & Hadi (2012), they stated that the main challenge of integrating technology in the classroom, specifically the use of social network site, such as Facebook is that teachers must be aware of the distractions by other features in the Facebook such as Facebook games, chats and other types of application available through Facebook. We need to adapt and make improvements accordingly to integrate the use of technology in language classrooms so that the teaching and learning process will become more fun and interactive for not only the students but also for the teachers.  
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Sunday, 20 October 2013

My Literature Map





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Tuesday, 8 October 2013

My Reading List

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39) http://www.edudemic.com/how-students-benefit-from-using-social-media/
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42) http://dinamico2.unibg.it/lazzari/doc/lazzari-iadis-ict-2012-cr-chunks.pdf
43) http://uccsc.ucsb.edu/web2_social_network_vadnais.pdf
44) http://isedj.org/2013-11/N3/ISEDJv11n3p90.pdf
45) http://portfolio-online.net/attachments/article/81/Technology%20in%20Education%20Final%20Paper.pdf
46) http://eprints.ulster.ac.uk/24968/1/JIDE-SocialNetworkAnalysis.pdf
47) http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/pdf/9.2.4.pdf
48) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626430/
49) http://opus.bath.ac.uk/17702/
50) http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=etc08&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fstart%3D20%26q%3Dsocial%2Bnetworking%2Bin%2Beducation%26hl%3Den%26as_sdt%3D0%2C5%26as_vis%3D1#search=%22social%20networking%20education%22
51) http://ascilite.org.au/conferences/auckland09/procs/hamid-poster.pdf
52) http://www.educationarena.com/pdf/sample/sample-essay-selwyn.pdf
53) http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED535130.pdf
54) http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877042809000895/1-s2.0-S1877042809000895-main.pdf?_tid=4fcd4796-72ad-11e3-b7c3-00000aacb362&acdnat=1388557624_8639b7950af4a6899c251cf76d4e0b7f
55) http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED472669.pdf
56) http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED453721.pdf
57) http://blog.soton.ac.uk/connectted/files/2012/05/OradiniAndSaunders.pdf
58) http://soe.wiki.trevecca.edu/file/view/Is_Education_1.0_Ready_for_Web_2.0_Students.pdf
59) https://www.wdhstore.com/hispanic/data/pdf/nov29-howsocial.pdf
60) http://cms.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney06/proceeding/pdf_papers/p160.pdf
61) http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/sherahk/Papers/2010/PACIS_2010.pdf
62) http://www.westga.edu/~bmckenzi/word/social_networking.pdf
63) http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/projects/public_parts/documents/ict/2011/mp_519255_ict_PR_netbox.pdf
64) http://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/safe_social_networking.pdf
65) http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED542784.pdf
66) http://sacj.cs.uct.ac.za/index.php/sacj/article/viewFile/78/56
67) http://www.academia.edu/1569911/Effect_of_Social_Networking_Sites_in_Communication_of_Information_in_Distance_Education_-_A_literature_review#
68) http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/files/social-networking-overview.pdf
69) http://www.datatilsynet.no/global/english/11_00643_5_parti_rapport_facebook_2011.pdf
70) http://www.discapnet.es/Observatorio/Accessibility_Observatory_on_Social_Networks.pdf
71) http://www.jucs.org/jucs_18_8/understanding_online_social_networking/jucs_18_08_0970_0972_editorial.pdf
72) http://www.digizen.org/downloads/social-networking-overview.pdf
73) http://thesai.org/Downloads/Volume2No2/Paper%2020-A%20Short%20Description%20of%20Social%20Networking%20Websites%20And%20Its%20Uses.pdf
74) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=22&cad=rja&ved=0CDoQFjABOBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukoln.ac.uk%2Fcultural-heritage%2Fdocuments%2Fbriefing-13%2Fbriefing-13.doc&ei=zLzDUuCAK4GRrQfymoGYDw&usg=AFQjCNE_OF1gldSOrZlWlsBmqqm_qBbsHw&sig2=XN2pEg044HeHCdkwZ0AGdA&bvm=bv.58187178,d.bmk
75) http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1307/1307.3399.pdf
76) http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/bitstream/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_19699/1/S%C3%A6b%C3%B8_2009_Role.pdf
77) http://www.kooperationssysteme.de/wp-content/uploads/coop08_richterkoch_functions_of_social_networking_services_final.pdf 
78) http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/papers/NETWORKS_LEGAL_PROBLEMS.PDF
79) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=38&cad=rja&ved=0CG0QFjAHOB4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nia.or.kr%2Fbbs%2Fdownload.asp%3Ffullpathname%3D%255CData%255CNia_Board%255C090907111405287044%255C201112%255C01_%25EA%25B3%25BD%25ED%2598%2584%25EC%2599%25B8(3-24).pdf%26filename%3D01_%25EA%25B3%25BD%25ED%2598%2584%25EC%2599%25B8(3-24).pdf&ei=gb3DUoa_GcTIrQfdqoGYDw&usg=AFQjCNEfmH_2NhMJ08wIiVhTgR6GdElXRw&sig2=w-yFw8_u-8UwNWZXg9CFEQ
80) http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/08_13292.pdf
81) http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=mba_student
82) http://conference.ifla.org/past/2011/183-ayiah-en.pdf
83) http://www.scottishcivictrust.org.uk/media/100110/a%20basic%20introduction%20to%20social%20networking.pdf
84) http://an.kaist.ac.kr/~haewoon/papers/2010-www-twitter.pdf
85) http://www.icicte.org/Proceedings2012/Papers/09-1-Petrovic.pdf
86) http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/ford/files/11/Mary_Wilks.pdf
87) http://www46.homepage.villanova.edu/john.immerwahr/TP101/Facebook.pdf
88) http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/hobart11/downloads/papers/Wise-full.pdf
89) http://www.kent.ac.uk/is/projects/loginsforlife/downloads/L4Life-stakeholders-report.pdf
90) http://clairecouillard.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/9/8/5198042/research_paper_tcs_701.pdf
100) http://und.edu/health-wellness/healthy-und/relationships-findings-on-facebook-missy.pdf
101) http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/bitstream/123456789/4350/1/TESIS.pdf
102) http://web2integration.pbworks.com/f/Undergraduate+Perceptions+of+the+Usefulness+of+Web+2.0+in+Higher+Education.pdf
103) http://www.ijac.org.uk/images/frontImages/gallery/Vol._2_No._3/3.pdf
104) http://www.naun.org/main/NAUN/educationinformation/17-538.pdf
105) http://webh01.ua.ac.be/odlac/guides/4b-GUIDES-INSTITUTIONS-EN.pdf
106) http://pinarmanici.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/facebook1.pdf
107) http://ifets.info/journals/13_1/16.pdf
108) http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/content/u0015/0000001/0000068/u0015_0000001_0000068.pdf
109) http://ijklo.org/Volume5/IJELLOv5p027-050Kay649.pdf
110) http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1613&context=doctoral
111) https://www.academia.edu/1503253/Teachers_Perceptions_of_Integrating_Information_and_Communication_Technologies_Into_Literacy_Instruction_A_National_Survey_in_the_United_States
112) http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/viewFile/27998/16886
113) http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol10/JITEv10IIPp073-103Brodahl948.pdf
114) http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/istl/WP042.pdf
115) http://web02.gonzaga.edu/comltheses/proquestftp/Aggen_gonzaga_0736M_10235.pdf
116) https://www.academia.edu/394232/Social_Networking_and_Education_Using_Facebook_as_an_Edusocial_Space
117) http://www.tojet.net/articles/v8i1/818.pdf
118) http://www.tewtjournal.org/VOL%2012/ISSUE3/ARTICLE3.pdf
119) http://090803.wikispaces.com/file/view/ScienceDirect+A+case+study+on+academic+uses+of+Facebook.pdf
120) http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/viewFile/1634/1639
121) http://cheetham.myweb.uga.edu/portfolio/images/technology.pdf
122) http://www-tc.pbs.org/about/media/about/cms_page_media/182/PBS-Grunwald-2011e.pdf
123) https://eis.hu.edu.jo/deanshipfiles/pub101832432.pdf
124) http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1087&context=mcis2009
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Monday, 7 October 2013

My Research Questions

The study attempt to answer the following questions :

  1. To what extent to the UiTM APB English lecturers perceive Social Network Services (SNSs) to be relevant in the ESL writing classroom?
  2. What do lecturers view as the strengths and weaknesses of integrating Social Network Services (SNSs) in the ESL writing classroom?
  3. What type of Social Network related activities are being used by lecturers to enhance the students' writing skills in the ESL classroom? 

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My Research Problem


With the rapid growth of the world and technology, English language teaching and learning has become more important from day to day. Recently, technology has indeed influenced the new pedagogy of teaching. Social network services (SNSs) have spread rapidly throughout the world and have become phenomenon not only among the teenagers but all level of ages of people around the world.  Boyd & Ellison (2007) defined social network services (SNS) as “Web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile bounded within a system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site. Social network services (SNS) are increasingly popular among youngsters in Malaysia, especially among the UiTM students. One of the most common social network sites are Facebook and Twitter. Students not only establish social interaction among individuals in the social network sites but they also created groups for their courses for educational purposes. 

Educators are starting to realize that importance of integrating social network in ESL classroom. Nowadays, everyone have a Facebook account. It will be easier for educators to teach using tools which students are engaged in. The use of Facebook by students opens up a great opportunity for educators in UiTM especially English lecturers to identify the strength and weaknesses of social network services as a tool to teach writing in an ESL classroom. Previous studies have revealed that teachers found that integrating social network services (SNSs) in ESL writing classroom could advantage students in terms of broadening their knowledge, build up their confidence and increase their motivation level in the ESL writing classroom (Melur Md Yunus, Hadi Saleh & Chenzi, 2012). However, integrating social network services (SNSs) in the ESL writing classroom could also lead to other problems. According to Melur Md Yunus, Hadi Saleh & Chenzi (2012), students may face difficulties in concentrating to the materials when they use the computer, not enough facilities and problems related to internet access and furthermore, teachers’ insufficient time to interact with the students. By identifying are the strengths and weaknesses, taking into consideration the lecturers’ perception of integrating social networks services (SNSs) in ESL writing classroom, , we could make improvements and enhance the use of technology for better teaching in the future and encourage the ESL students to love writing. 

Research reveals that there is a need for more studies to explore the teachers’ and students’ attitude towards the use of technology, specifically in terms of integrating social network services (SNSs) in ESL writing classroom to provide better insights. Due to that, there is a must in conducting this research in order to identify what are the lecturers’ perceptions towards the use of social network services (SNSs) in ESL classroom to promote students’ writing skills. This study is undertaken to investigate the lecturers’ perception on integrating social network services (SNSs) in ESL classroom, specifically the English lecturers teaching in the UiTM campuses in Malaysia. This study will also review the strength and weaknesses of using social network services (SNSs) in promoting students’ writing skills and suggestions of activities that could be integrated using the SNSs in the ESL writing classroom.
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My Research Topic

SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES (SNSs) IN THE ESL WRITING CLASSROOM 


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