The Effects of Task Types on English Writing Performance in SNS-based Learning Environments

• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Jang Eunjee Kim Jieyoung
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제18권 제2호, 45~66쪽, 전체 22쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.06.30

영문 초록

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of two different SNS-based tasks on university students’ English writing performance. To address our primary research question, Me2day, microblogging and Social Networking Service, was employed. 43 university students were divided into two experimental groups depending on the task types: a comparison task group and a sharing personal experiences task group. The main findings of the study were as follows: first, two different types of SNS-based tasks, ‘spot the differences’ and ‘writing diaries’, had a positive effect on learners’ writing performance. The reason for this was that the succinct messages limited to 150 characters made it easier for the students to try writing in English without burden; and they may benefit from their peers by seeing their posts and interacting with each other. Yet there were no significant differences between the two groups when it came to the degree of improvement. Second, two different types of SNS-based tasks differently fostered certain aspects of the writing performance; ‘contents knowledge’ was supported by the ‘writing diaries’ task and range was supported by the ‘spot the differences’ task. Third, learners in the two experimental groups mostly had positive impressions regarding usage of Me2day as a new learning tool.

목차

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅱ. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

Ⅲ. METHODS

Ⅳ. FINDINGS

Ⅴ. CONCLUSION

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키워드

Social Networking Service Me2day task types English writing performance