Promoting EFL learners’ intercultural communication effectiveness: a focus on Facebook

Özdemir, Emrah

doi:10.1080/09588221.2017.1325907

Cited by 78 publications

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“…Using virtual ethnography, she found that Facebook offers a cost‐efficient platform for intercultural interactions with people from other cultures. Özdemir () took on a similar study with EFL Turkish students as his participants. Unlike Jin (), he used a one‐group pretest–posttest experimental design to determine whether Facebook is effective in promoting intercultural competence among students.…”

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Facebook as a learning environment for language teaching and learning: A critical analysis of the literature from 2010 to 2017

Barrot

2018

Computer Assisted Learning

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The increasing popularity of Facebook has prompted scholars and educators to explore its potentials as a learning environment for various fields of education. Along this line, several reviews of literature have been written about the educational use of Facebook; however, none of them have focused on a specific field of interest such as language pedagogy. Thus, this paper defines the contour of scholarly literature on Facebook as a technology-enhanced learning environment in language teaching and learning. Using Scopus database as a source, 41 scholarly documents were retrieved and analysed. The demographics of the selected studies show that most of the published research came from Asia and were conducted in the higher education context. In terms of foci of interest, most of the studies focused on developing students' general language proficiency and productive skills. Although a great majority of the studies relied on self-report data and preexperimental research, the current literature suggests the viability of integrating Facebook into language pedagogy.Suggestions for future studies are discussed.

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Facebook as a learning environment for language teaching and learning: A critical analysis of the literature from 2010 to 2017

Barrot

2018

Computer Assisted Learning

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“…In this section, theoretical and methodological trends across the studies are presented along with descriptive statistics including type of SNSs, research sites, language(s) investigated, level of participants, and participant size in the previous scholarship. The review reveals that the studies are theoretically informed by a wide range of frameworks including Byram's Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence (Jin, 2015;Ozdemir, 2017), Language Socialization (Reinhardt & Zander, 2011), Community of Practice (Mills, 2011), Multiliteracies Approach (Reinhardt & Ryu, 2013), and Vygostky's Zone of Proximal Development (Ota, 2011). The majority of empirical studies in this particular field of research interpreted their data through the lens of sociocultural and situated learning theories both of which emphasizes the importance of social interaction.…”

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“…The function of SNSs as spaces for intercultural instruction has been compared with traditional teaching environment as well. In his recent research, Ozdemir (2017) analyzed how intercultural instruction on Facebook and in face-to-face teaching context affected EFL learners' intercultural communicative effectiveness. Following a mixed-methods approach, he found that the discussion on Facebook group was significantly more successful than the discussion group in the class.…”

Section: Theme 3: Development Of Intercultural Competence and Socio-pmentioning

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A Critical Review of Research on Social Networking Sites in Language Teaching and Learning

Solmaz

2018

CONT ED TECHNOLOGY

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The current study aims to present a critical analysis of research on social networking sites (SNSs) in second language teaching and learning (L2TL) context. Twenty-two studies published from 2011 to 2017 were included in the analysis through the selection criteria devised by the researcher. The descriptive analysis reveals that Facebook was the most commonly explored medium, and more than half of the studies featured English language learners in various levels. Following the content analysis of the studies, the emerging aspects of the literature review are treated under five overarching themes: practicing multiple language areas and literacies; authenticity and negotiation of meaning through interaction; development of intercultural competence and socio-pragmatic awareness; membership in L2 communities; and (re)construction of identities. Following an account of pedagogical considerations such as the dynamics of classroom, technical features, and various cultural uses of the SNSs, the study concludes with suggestions and directions for future research in regards to the incorporation of SNSs such as Facebook and Twitter into L2 classrooms.

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“…Bryam purposed some model in intercultural and cross cultural communicatin. Learners bust have: (1) knowledge, (2) attitudes, (3) skills of interpreting and relating, (4) skills of discovery and interaction, and (5) critical cultural awareness [18]. Cultural traditional learning base in classroom has been Replaced by the education system with communication technology and information.…”

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“…Cultural traditional learning base in classroom has been Replaced by the education system with communication technology and information. The presence of a web-based visual classroom slowly begins to replace it and is judged to be more relevant in times of faster movement as well as good [18]. .…”

Section: R E T R a C T E Dmentioning

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Computer mediated communication for construction-supported constructivism in communication and cultural learning

Sintawati

2019

IJCS

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This paper aims to explain how CMC has implications for constructivism in communication and cultural learning. he method used to write this review followed previous patterns by work. During collecting articles as main sources, we used Google scholar, Baidu scholars, Science Direct and Mendeley search platform, we also used such keywords as cross-cultural learning, technology, intercultural learning, promoting, facilitating, understanding and competence to find articles. in the end in this paper found conclusions Technology-used should fulfil the today need of learner. Combination of asynchronous and synchronous communication are mostly suggested for the next future research. We also believe by the need of global society and the rapid growth of technology, people around the world need more advanced technology such as Hologram, VR technology, artificial intelligent features, cloud and so on.

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Promoting EFL learners’ intercultural communication effectiveness: a focus on Facebook

Cited by 78 publications

References 31 publications

Facebook as a learning environment for language teaching and learning: A critical analysis of the literature from 2010 to 2017

Facebook as a learning environment for language teaching and learning: A critical analysis of the literature from 2010 to 2017

A Critical Review of Research on Social Networking Sites in Language Teaching and Learning

Computer mediated communication for construction-supported constructivism in communication and cultural learning

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