How Facebook Groups are used as an effective tool to enhance teaching and learning English in Vietnam: Reflections & implications Tam Hoang Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature University of Social Sciences and Humanities, HCMC Vietnam National University, Vietnam [email protected]CAMTESOL CONFERENCE 2016 20 Feb 2016
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How Facebook Groups are used as an effective tool to enhance
teaching and learning English in Vietnam: Reflections & implications
Tam HoangFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, HCMCVietnam National University, Vietnam
album7. Language -exploring album8. Compulsory online activities
album9. My site on wordpress album 10.My 20-time participation album
4 kinds of albums1. reflection-writing
album2. Textbook
assignment album3. Identity
assignment album4. Challenges album
38 albums for their final writing products.
Reflection How FBGs were used!!!
Language study 3 A
Reflection How FBGs were used!!!
Language study 3 A
Reflection How FBGs were used!!!
Language study 3 A
Reflection How FBGs were used!!!
Language study 2 A
Advantages :user-friendlyinteractiveEntertainingMUCH MORE Categorized
Drawbacks:Instructions: not comprehensive enough for all of the studentsSo much freedom Students’ habit: crushed doing the assignments near the end of the course weak management of time
Consequences : Suffer pressure Affect the quality of the writing products
Could not maximize the benefits of this learning
approach
Consequences : MUCH increase the students’ writing frequency MUCH increase the students’ participation
Implications for the next course
Strictly manage the deadlinesSolid classroom rules
Clear written guidelines
To sum up
1. Do you think using FBGs is NOT SO difficult to be applied in your future class(es)?
2. What are some of important pieces of advice you got from my teaching experiences?
The researcher has been using Facebook Groups (FBGs) as a means to foster and boost learning and teaching in her three writing classes (level 1, level 2, level 3) to English majors over 3 semesters. In this paper, she is going to provide a close-up and thorough process of her utilizing technology in teaching and learning (FBG) from the very early stage (very new to using it) to the one of mastery, effectiveness and creativity. This is definitely a scaffolding for any language teachers who wish to create an online learning environment which promotes collaborative learning and learners’ autonomy in language learning. Specifically, first she is providing a critical reflection on how FBGs were used in the level-1 class. Second, findings of the positive and negative effects - which expectedly and unexpectedly occurred in the class- of using this approach were discussed. Third, implications were realized for being applied in the level-2 class. Next, the same research processes applied for the level-2 class and level-3 class are analytically presented. Finally, the implications are drawn to continue the action research spiral model for her future writing classes.