The use of Social Networks by the Students of a Mexican Public University

Villarruel, Juan Ignacio Barajas; Lima, María Gregoria Benítez; Rivera, Ricardo Noyola; Moran, Joseph M.

doi:10.26803/ijlter.16.10.10

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“…displayed the potential of SNSs by incorporating them into the teaching and learning process. This is consistent with a study by Villarruel et al (2017) that found that using digital social networks as a technical tool is regarded as useful and beneficial for teaching and learning in higher education institutions. These results are significant enough to guide future attempts to raise the standard and efficiency of undergraduate students' English language instruction.…”

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Elevating English Writing Skills Via Social Networking Sites (SNS): Focusing on Indonesian Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions

Izzah,

Febriyanti

2023

JEdu

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Since writing in English appears to be an issue for EFL learners, particularly in academic settings for undergraduate students, there is a need to identify some ways or methods of teaching that may assist students in improving their writing ability, such as implementing different platforms like Social Networking Sites (SNS) for teaching and learning English writing skills in the hopes that it will help students enhance their proficiency. This research aims to ascertain how SNS are used to improve writing skills in English by examining Indonesian undergraduates' perspectives and their preferences for English writing practice on their SNSs. This study employed a qualitative approach as the research design. The participants of this study were 42 undergraduate students majoring in English education at a private university in Jakarta, Indonesia. The research instruments employed a questionnaire and an interview. The results revealed that the utilization of SNS as a tool for English writing learning is perceived as helpful and beneficial for the development of undergraduate students' English writing skills.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Elevating English Writing Skills Via Social Networking Sites (SNS): Focusing on Indonesian Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions

Izzah,

Febriyanti

2023

JEdu

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“…It also displayed the potential of SNSs in incorporating in teaching and learning process. (Villarruel, Lima, Rivera, & Morán, 2017) mentioned that from the positive attitude of students towards technological tools are the aspects that will promote Social Networks in the educational development. Table 4.6 shows the frequency of SNS use for the perception of functionality.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is imperative to consider the students' perspective in the inculcation of SNSs in improving English writing skills. Moreover, (Villarruel et al, 2017) stated that the usage of digital social networks as a technical instrument that is regarded as useful and beneficial for teaching and learning in higher education institutions needs to be reconsidered.…”

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Undergraduates Student Perceptions’ of Social Networking Sites to Improve English Writing Skills in Malaysia

Azlan

Yunus²

2020

IJLTER

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This article presents the perception of the use of SNSs in improving English writing skills among undergraduates' students. English writing skills are among the most critical skills that every level of the student requires to empower. However, it was discoverable that university students particularly still facing trouble in English writing. Therefore, this study is to investigate the students' perception in the use of SNSs in improving English writing skills and also to identify the students' SNSs preferences to practice English writing. As to garner the data, survey questionnaires were distributed comprises of open-ended and close-ended sections that were distributed among 118 undergraduate students. The respondents were ESL learners from different faculty from

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“…It is worth to state here that students showed a positive attitude towards the use of digital technologies as a solution that can increase the student-supervisor relationship. But, the introducing ICT is one of the main challenges since it modifies the forms of interaction (Villarruel, Lima, Rivera, & Morán, 2017). Also, students' workload prevents students and supervisors from regular meeting.…”

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About the Challenges in Undergraduate Research Projects: An Explorative Case Study in a Sri Lankan National University

Peiris¹,

Barbutiu²,

Hansson³

2018

IJLTER

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Abstract.Conducting research and writing a thesis about it is regarded as a distinctive pedagogy (learning through inquiry) within higher education which brings new challenges to all parties involved. To complete a thesis, students should select a problem, make a systematic plan, implement the plan and, finally, write a report of the process and findings. Students do have a supervisor to guide and support them, but it is the student who plays the key role in the whole research process. The present study is a qualitative, explorative case study to understand the challenges related to research projects within undergraduate management degree programmes in a Sri Lankan national University. Data have been collected using interviews and focus group discussions in six-degree programmes, with around 40 participants in total. The study focuses on identifying problematic areas and creating a general picture of why students' research projects are not progressing favourably. Six main challenges were identified: student motivation, student-supervisor relationships, skills and knowledge, students' workload, the structure of the research project course, and resources and ICT tools. These problematic areas are complex and multidimensional. Therefore, further studies are required to truly understand the complex interrelatedness of these areas.

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The use of Social Networks by the Students of a Mexican Public University

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Elevating English Writing Skills Via Social Networking Sites (SNS): Focusing on Indonesian Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions

Elevating English Writing Skills Via Social Networking Sites (SNS): Focusing on Indonesian Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions

Undergraduates Student Perceptions’ of Social Networking Sites to Improve English Writing Skills in Malaysia

About the Challenges in Undergraduate Research Projects: An Explorative Case Study in a Sri Lankan National University

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