tailieunhanh - Investigating students’ perception on the effectiveness of using facebook group in improving writing skill at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry

The study aimed to find out the students’ perception on the effectiveness of using Facebook group in improving writing skill at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry by using a mixed method of the survey, consisting of quantitative and qualitative method. | Nguyễn Thị Thương Huyền và Đtg Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 191(15): 81 - 86 INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING FACEBOOK GROUP IN IMPROVING WRITING SKILL AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY Nguyen Thi Thuong Huyen*, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Vu Kieu Hanh University of Agriculture and Forestry - TNU ABSTRACT The study aimed to find out the students’ perception on the effectiveness of using Facebook group in improving writing skill at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry by using a mixed method of the survey, consisting of quantitative and qualitative method. The close-ended questions of the questionnaires were used to get the results of data using a five point Likert scale analyzed by SPSS, version 17 and some open-ended questions were also utilized to get further detail. The results of the study revealed the effectiveness of using Facebook group in writing skill and posed some challenges the teachers may face when integrating Facebook group in the classroom. Hopefully, the use of Facebook group will be widely implemented in the classroom in the age of Internet and mobile learning. Key words: Facebook (FB), Facebook group, writing skill, perception, effectiveness, Thainguyen University of Agricuture and Forestry. INTRODUCTION* Information technologies have come to play a very powerful role in society, influencing the way people communicate, work, entertain and learn. The way of technology has discretely made its way into practice, it cannot improve the teaching style, but it also aids students learning by attending to their needs and way of life. Currently, social networks are used by millions of users, most of whom are students and adolescents, for a variety of purposes but with a heavy emphasis on social needs. Some of the examples of social networking sites are MySpace, Friendster, Twitter and Facebook. Although Facebook started out in early 2004 as Harvards-only social networking site as Boyd, . &