Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study aims to find out student teachers’ perceptions about the use of Facebook in \nEnglish language teaching and their preferences on how to integrate Facebook into English classes. This \nstudy, which is based on a mixed method research, consisted of written and oral interviews with 221 \nstudent teachers in the English Language Teaching (ELT) program at Gazi University during the fall \nsemester of the academic year 2012-2013. Of the 221student teachers, 38 (18%) were male and 173 \n(82%) were female. 146 participants (69.2%) were in favour of Facebook integration into English \nclasses while 58 participants (27.5%) were against and finally 7 participants (3.3%) were neutral. In \nterms of age and level of learners, adolescents were preferred as the most appropriate age group to be \ntaught English on Facebook; intermediate level was the mostly preferred language level to be enhanced \nvia Facebook. Furhtermore, self -study was seen as the most important type of Facebook use. These \nfindings show us how student teachers’ educational preferences can be changed in line with the education \nthey receive and how they should be trained according to the current educational moves and \ncommunication tools.
Authors: Abdülvahit Çakır, Çağla Atmaca
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2890418566