社交媒体应用程序对学习英语作为第二语言的影响
Fatma Dashti1, Hanady M Abdulsalam2
1Ministry of Education, Kuwait.
Heliyon
|January 31, 2025
概括
社交媒体平台可以增强高中学生的第二语言学习,特别是听力,口语和阅读技能. 然而,写作技巧没有表现出任何改善,这表明需要在语言教育中指导使用.
科学领域:
- 教育技术的教育技术
- 应用语言学 应用语言学
背景情况:
- 社交媒体越来越多地融入日常生活.
- 它在正规教育中的作用,特别是第二语言学习,需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查日常社交媒体使用对科威特高中生第二语言 (英语) 学习的影响.
- 评估社交媒体平台作为语言学习的补充工具的有效性.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,结合了定性和定量数据.
- 在线问卷分发给300名高中生.
- 与英语教师的采访和学生成绩的分析.
主要成果:
- 社交媒体的使用对英语的听力,口语和阅读能力产生了积极的影响.
- 通过使用社交媒体,写作技巧并没有显著改善.
- 在COVID-19大流行背景下,通过社交媒体展示了语言技能对语言技能的潜在好处.
结论:
- 社交媒体平台可以成为第二语言学习的有效工具,特别是在接受和生产性口语技能方面.
- 教师的监督和指导对于优化社交媒体在语言教育中的好处至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究来解决对写作技能的影响.
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