INTEGRATING SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS INTO ESL WRITING CLASSROOM:STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES BY MELOR Md YUNUS,HADI SALEHI & CHEN CHENZI
By having Social Networking Services(SNS), the pros from the results shows that it helps students develop creative thinking skills,as well as broaden students' knowledge,increase motivation and build confidence in ESL writing.It also helps the students in brainstorming for ideas and exposes them to larger communities which helps shy students reach out.The usage of media helps the students to grasp a better concept in ideas needed in writing.For the cons,students tend to get distracted by other materials,the lack in equipment and limited access to the internet proves to be major cons.Furthermore, interaction time between students and teachers decreases,the time consuming process and accustomation to traditional methods of reading.
My experience:
In my experience as a student,I think this is not very practical as it contains a lot of disadvantages especially for places in Malaysia such as Sarawak which has a lot of rural areas.Thus,the cons are much more serious as compared to the pros.I've been to areas whereby electricity and internet coverage do not even reach which causes great dificulty in integrating this service.Furthermore,as a student and facebook user,it is very distracting especially when there are hilarious stuffs as well as other applications such as youtube which leads us away from the real purpose.
What I would do:(not sure about which part)
First of all,I will show to the students about the real purpose of having this integration of Social Networking Service(SNS).This is to prevent the students from being lead astray from their writing work.A specific room such as computer labs can be used to help intergrate this service as students can access the internet safely.Through internet safety,blocking certain applications from the students grasp prevents them from getting distracted by unnecessary applications.For rural areas,electricity as well as internet access must be available first.Thus,having the necessity needed,this integration can be applied.
My experience:
In my experience as a student,I think this is not very practical as it contains a lot of disadvantages especially for places in Malaysia such as Sarawak which has a lot of rural areas.Thus,the cons are much more serious as compared to the pros.I've been to areas whereby electricity and internet coverage do not even reach which causes great dificulty in integrating this service.Furthermore,as a student and facebook user,it is very distracting especially when there are hilarious stuffs as well as other applications such as youtube which leads us away from the real purpose.
What I would do:(not sure about which part)
First of all,I will show to the students about the real purpose of having this integration of Social Networking Service(SNS).This is to prevent the students from being lead astray from their writing work.A specific room such as computer labs can be used to help intergrate this service as students can access the internet safely.Through internet safety,blocking certain applications from the students grasp prevents them from getting distracted by unnecessary applications.For rural areas,electricity as well as internet access must be available first.Thus,having the necessity needed,this integration can be applied.
Bringing them to computer lab to access SNS is a good suggestion. Using SNS under the scrutiny of the teacher could be a way to ensure that students only participate in activities related to the lesson.
ReplyDeleteHowever, this could not be done in places where electricity and the Internet are available, as the students could easily log in the SNS.
It is true that in places where electricity and internet are available students could easily log in the SNS and that is out of our reach to control them. However,we can ensure that they use the SNS in a proper way in school which can be a start for implementing this. After we have grasp the knowledge on how to ensure students to use it well,we can go further from the situation of only using in schools.
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