Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development

Social networks are incredibly popular among teenagers, and they have proven, when used with appropriate methodologies and strategies, suitable to be applied in educational environments. Considering that social networks aim to entertain, socialize, inform, and teach, it seems convenient to introduce...

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Autores: De la Peña Álvarez, Cristina, Chaves Yuste, Beatriz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Social Networks
EFL
Speaking Skill
Communicative Competence
Humanidades
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
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spelling Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking DevelopmentDe la Peña Álvarez, CristinaChaves Yuste, Beatriz821.111'243Social NetworksEFLSpeaking SkillCommunicative CompetenceHumanidades5701.11 Enseñanza de LenguasSocial networks are incredibly popular among teenagers, and they have proven, when used with appropriate methodologies and strategies, suitable to be applied in educational environments. Considering that social networks aim to entertain, socialize, inform, and teach, it seems convenient to introduce them as complementary tasks in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. Thus, this work aims to investigate the effect of three popular social networks, (1) TikTok, (2) YouTube, and (3) Spotify, which are focused on the interdisciplinary issue of the responsible use of social networks, specifically on secondary education students’ EFL oral communicative competence and participation. To do so, the speaking skills of a sample of eighty-one ninth-graders were tested when using social networks within the language cooperative learning framework and when being instructed with conventional communicative language teaching tasks. The results confirm the hypothesis that the use of social networks is beneficial for improving EFL oral communicative competence and students’ engagement toward their language learning. Practical implications aimed at including social networks in EFL classes are discussed.Universidad Complutense de Madrid20242024-01-0120242024-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108708reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1087082026-06-02T12:44:21Z
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title Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development
spellingShingle Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development
De la Peña Álvarez, Cristina
821.111'243
Social Networks
EFL
Speaking Skill
Communicative Competence
Humanidades
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
title_short Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development
title_full Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development
title_fullStr Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development
title_full_unstemmed Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development
title_sort Social Networks as a New Scenario for EFL Speaking Development
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv De la Peña Álvarez, Cristina
Chaves Yuste, Beatriz
author De la Peña Álvarez, Cristina
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Chaves Yuste, Beatriz
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 821.111'243
Social Networks
EFL
Speaking Skill
Communicative Competence
Humanidades
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
topic 821.111'243
Social Networks
EFL
Speaking Skill
Communicative Competence
Humanidades
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
description Social networks are incredibly popular among teenagers, and they have proven, when used with appropriate methodologies and strategies, suitable to be applied in educational environments. Considering that social networks aim to entertain, socialize, inform, and teach, it seems convenient to introduce them as complementary tasks in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. Thus, this work aims to investigate the effect of three popular social networks, (1) TikTok, (2) YouTube, and (3) Spotify, which are focused on the interdisciplinary issue of the responsible use of social networks, specifically on secondary education students’ EFL oral communicative competence and participation. To do so, the speaking skills of a sample of eighty-one ninth-graders were tested when using social networks within the language cooperative learning framework and when being instructed with conventional communicative language teaching tasks. The results confirm the hypothesis that the use of social networks is beneficial for improving EFL oral communicative competence and students’ engagement toward their language learning. Practical implications aimed at including social networks in EFL classes are discussed.
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