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The Effects of Peer Interaction-Based Learning Community Through Facebook on Students’ English Learning Attitude and Motivation

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Emerging Technologies for Education (SETE 2016)

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The present study aims to investigate how teaching integrated with Internet multimedia affects college students’ English learning attitude and motivation in EFL classrooms. Of particular interest to this study is the use of social network Facebook to engage students in the process of language learning. Peer Interaction-Based Learning Community through Facebook (PIBLCF) was developed in the study to assist learners of English as a foreign language. The usage of PIBLCF provides learners with opportunities to develop a sense of group, and maintain the idea of a community as a unit that can interact and learn collaboratively. The results of this study indicate that PIBLCF can help students improve English learning performance and elevate students’ English learning attitude and motivation as well. Students in this study highly valued PIBLCF as a helpful learning method allowing them to have more opportunity and less pressure to interact with peers in group work online.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan

    I-Ting Wang, Yi-Tung Lin & Kuei-Chih Chuang

  2. National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    I-Ying Tsai

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan

    Ting-Ting Wu

  2. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Rome, Italy

    Rosella Gennari

  3. National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    Yueh-Min Huang

  4. The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Haoran Xie

  5. MC Information Multimedia Communication AG, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Yiwei Cao

Appendix

Appendix

Questionnaire of English Learning and Peer Interaction-Based Learning Community through Facebook

Part I. Opinions about English Learning

List

Questions

Strongly agree

Agree

No opinion

Not agree

Strongly not agree

1

English is an important tool for both further study and employment

     

2

I have no interest in English learning even there are no tests

     

3

I hope I can be capable of having conversation with foreigners in English

     

4

I’ll correct the mistakes after the tests to improve my English ability

     

5

I feel bored at learning English

     

6

I hope to master English so as to know the foreign culture and get the chance to study abroad

     

7

I have no interest in English, so I don’t care about the English assignment

     

8

I like learning English and is an active learner

     

9

I often doze off in English classes and have a tough time in learning English

     

10

I like English whoever the teacher is

     

11

I often feel nervous in English classes, so learning English is tough for me

     

12

I’m willing to spend time in learning English

     

Part II. Opinions about learning English on Facebook

List

Questions

Strongly agree

Agree

No opinion

Not agree

Strongly not agree

1

I like to learn English on Facebook

     

2

I’m satisfied with my English performance on Facebook

     

3

In learning English on Facebook, the team will get good grade as long as I do my best

     

4

In learning English on Facebook, I learn better when the online members help each other

     

5

In learning English on Facebook, I often feel frustrated and don’t want to learn

     

6

Learning on Facebook helps me learn English better

     

7

Learning on Facebook motivates me to learn English better

     

8

In learning English on Facebook, I’ll be more motivated if I perform well or be rewarded

     

9

I think learning English on Facebook is interesting, and it makes English classes much more fun

     

10

I hope the English classes can be integrated with Facebook

     

11

In learning English on Facebook, I have more opportunities to practice

     

12

My teammates perform well in learning English on Facebook

     

13

In learning English on Facebook, I often disturbed by the noise made by other teams

     

14

My thinking perspective broadens through the teammates’ collaborative online assist

     

15

I learn the skills of communication and collaboration through learning on Facebook

     

16

When learning on Facebook, some students seldom participate in group discussion

     

17

I study harder for the team honor

     

18

Team members can be more responsible and study harder when learning on Facebook

     

19

I’m easily distracted in learning English on Facebook

     

20

Learning on Facebook is good because teammates can help each other to enhance the English ability

     

21

Compared to traditional teaching, I prefer learning on Facebook.

     

22

Compared to traditional teaching, I think learning on Facebook less interesting.

     

23

When learning on Facebook, we can discuss online easily, which creates better learning atmosphere and makes English learning more interesting.

     

24

Because of teammates’ help, I understand the material easier than before when learning on Facebook

     

25

It is better to help each other in learning on Facebook than compete with each other

     

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Wang, IT., Lin, YT., Tsai, IY., Chuang, KC. (2017). The Effects of Peer Interaction-Based Learning Community Through Facebook on Students’ English Learning Attitude and Motivation. In: Wu, TT., Gennari, R., Huang, YM., Xie, H., Cao, Y. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Education. SETE 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10108. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52836-6_25

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