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  2. Results. 900 students participated in this study. Based on the interviews, questionnaires and pre- and post-tests, the majority of the students in the experimental group were of the view that Facebook helped improve their English language profi- ciency as well as critical thinking, comprehension skills, and motivation.

  3. Approaching the Use of Facebook to Improve Academic ... - ed

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    This article offers a proposal for integrating the social network Facebook into an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in tertiary education. The main objectives of this article are the following: 1. To offer a pedagogical proposal so that students can develop written skills and grammar at the same time

  4. Facebook Utilisation to Enhance English Writing Skill - ed

    files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1222302.pdf

    elt.ccsenet.org English Language Teaching Vol. 12, No. 8; 2019 38 using Facebook in English Language teaching is useful to enhance students’ writing skill. This essay begins by providing background information related to Facebook usage in language teaching and explaining the significance of this study.

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language.This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to ...

  6. History of English - Wikipedia

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    e. English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands. The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern ...

  7. Signing Exact English - Wikipedia

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    Signing Exact English ( SEE-II, sometimes Signed Exact English) is a system of manual communication that strives to be an exact representation of English language vocabulary and grammar. It is one of a number of such systems in use in English-speaking countries. It is related to Seeing Essential English (SEE-I), a manual sign system created in ...

  8. SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON LANGUAGE LEARNING FOR SPECIFIC ...

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    Effects of Facebook use on students’ English language skills With the interaction opportunities Facebook offers its users, it is the embodiment of the social-interactionist approach to language acquisition advocated by Lantolf (2000), in keeping with Vygotsky (1978). Facebook can provide language learners with new prospects of real

  9. It also aims to explore the students' perceptions towards learning English in the Facebook context following four treatments, language improvement, confidence, motivation and attitude. The sample who participated in the study was N = 65, in the department of English language and translation enrolled in a B.A program.