Social Interaction With English And American Culture Outside Of The Classroom

Students are constantly checking their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat for the latest news. The article, “Social Media as Community,” written by Keith Hampton, indicates the average social network users had more intimate connections than those that did not. Social media allows people to connect with others from a variety of backgrounds. It gives people a chance from all over the country to connect with one another in seconds, instead of days. This gives students an opportunity to learn about different cultures and traditions, expanding their interests and knowledge. Teachers can take advantage of this and remind

In the article “The Relationship between Unwillingness-to-Communicate and Students’ Facebook Use”, a study was conducted to examine how Facebook use and unwillingness to communicate in interpersonal communication are related, motives for using Facebook, and the effect that Facebook has on behavior, attitude, and unwillingness to communicate. The study found that there were multiple motives for why people use Facebook including maintaining relations, entertainment, boredom, and to meet new people. The study also discovered that

To summarize, surprisingly the shortcomings of these services are nothing like the reverse side of their merits. So, everyone knows that social networks are a convenient platform for versatile communication. However, many are so immersed in these communications that they do not notice anything around. All day long they sit out on their favorite sites and constantly scan the pages of friends and exchange messages with them. Work and study at the same time

Social networking and the amazing things capable on the internet are changing children of the 21st century. “A New Face for Schools” by Laura Lefkowitz is a great source for information on how social networking can help improve students academically. The article highlights how a “purposeful community” could help students learn how to act as a well informed group. The article goes on to say that schools should not fight social networking, but instead support it (“How ‘purposeful communities’ work”). Social networking could be used to help students in more ways than previously thought.

At the heart of my teaching is the fundamental belief that every individual possesses a unique quality, and when encouraged, can contribute and enhance the learning environment of any classroom. As a teacher, it is my reasonability to foster learning while helping to empower my students to reach their fullest potential in developing their English ability. In each opportunity to interact with students both inside and outside of the classroom, I aim to motivate and involve each student to become a life-long learner of English. In addition to strengthening students’ academic development, I also aim for students to develop a greater enthusiasm for global communication and a deeper understanding of cultural awareness throughout the course of their study.

In this same article, statistic based on pewinternet.org states that “73% of Americans aged 12-17 use social-networking websites, up from 55 percent in 2006." b. Social Media itself is continuing to grow, but the use of social media in the educational system is growing too. Implementing social networking sites in education is being debated. i.

Ever since the inception of our great country, America has been a cultural melting pot. In the past decade, multiculturalism has grown exponentially, causing its citizens to engage in challenging discussions regarding cross-cultural interactions. If we’re being honest, we, as a country have failed to accept and engage with ethnic minority groups, leaving them on the fringes of society in more ways than one. We are a work in progress. I believe we have struggled to engage across difference, not always because of prejudice or racism, but many times because we simply do not know how to engage effectively and naturally. To continuing moving forward in our cross-cultural interactions we need to address the areas we’ve succeeded in and the areas

Through years of going to English classes in city colleges in the United States I become familiar more with characters and concepts that I haven’t heard them before. My English learning experience was engaged with American pop culture, simply because that is the most dominant topic that came from instructors. It is remarkable that pop culture icons are important in contemporary society and most of teachers trying to use them in curriculum for educational direction. It help to understand the culture in the country but at the same time it was confusing for an international student and a English learner since the language shortage mixed with concepts and general knowledge shortage and made it more confusing for me. This case is not only limited for me, due to limited intensity of English skills and lack of mutual cultural activities, international and ESL students’ engagement in class might often be not equal as native speakers.

First of all, students can communicate with their teachers outside of the classroom. Second of all, students can communicate with one another about plans, schoolwork, parties, or even just small-talk kind of conversations. Third of all, the students have an easier way to stay in contact with their families, relatives, friends, etc. who does not live in the area. Overall, the social network services provide several positive aspects to being a college student. However, on the other hand, social network services can be a limitation for most students when these services are overused. Students may rely on social network communication, which can complicate their face-to-face interactions. Some students may have a hard time making friends due to the lack of interaction with other people that the social network services can provide. Overall, there are several advantages as well as disadvantages when it comes to the use of social network services, however, it is up to the individual student to distribute these services to the best possible ways, so that the communication patterns stay positive rather than negative.

Many students agree that social networking is an essential tool in education today. Feedback has become a vital tool amongst students and teachers in networking whether it’s Facebook, Myspace, or Twitter (Carey, n.d.). In a recent study, it stated that 59% of students who belong to “social networking sites” admitted that when there on the Internet they explore topics to communicate about such as college preparation and occupations. Another study shows that 50% of students use social networking to improve on their studies and teachers have found that this has helped students become more successful in their reading and writing vocabulary (“Social,”

However, this paper discusses the use of a Facebook page for another purpose. Facebook can be used for academic educational purposes. Many schools, if not all, have Facebook pages as a secondary platform for sharing, discussion, advertisement, etc., to supplement their major websites. Some of these pages are managed by students. For example, students from the Department of English, Translation and Interpretation, College of Arts, University of Mosul, Iraq, from which I graduated, keep a Facebook group page for sharing ideas, translations, and other language-related aspects. A student, for instance, may post an idiom and ask other members of the group to guess its meaning. Another student may ask other students to give feedback on his or her translation, or offer corrections on the grammar used in a certain text. Therefore, upon observing the increasing number of students joining this page and interacting on it, I thought it would be intriguing to look at what students believe they are gaining from it. This paper examines students’ perceptions of the benefits resulting from interacting in the Facebook group.

At any given time of day, anyone can access an abundant amount of information at the click of a button. Men, women, kids, teenagers, adults and even the elderly are learning how to use the internet to their advantage. Among all the benefits the internet has provided to us, online communication has proven to be the most beneficial. Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have made it easy for everyone to stay in contact with each other. Regardless of how far apart a family member or friend is, everyone is just one click away. If someone is not having a good day, they can share their feelings with everyone in a matter of seconds. These social networking sites have become quite popular among adolescents. They allow teens to stay more connected with their friends outside of school. Now teens have become more obsessed with their friends Facebook or Twitter status than engaging in outdoor activities like football or

The popularity of social media services (SMS), particularly Facebook and Twitter, demonstrate how fast technology is changing. Students' facility with SMS and the amount of time they spend using them should not escape the notice of educators, who can use these tools effectively in their classrooms. Many educators are already doing so. SMS are still relatively new when it comes to classroom use and the existing literature offers anecdotal evidence of both positive and negative applications of these tools.

Facebook, a social networking website, has changed the way people communicate with each other. A social networking website is an online platform that allows users to create a public profile and interact with other users on the website. Facebook has even changed our most personal and private conversations and how they are conducted around the world. Since the internet’s birth in 1983, this trend of online communication has been growing. Created in 2004, now registered with more than one billion participants, Facebook’s user numbers surpass even the top four social networking websites combined. According to Wikipedia statistics, Instagram has 300 million registered users, LinkedIn has 200 million users, Classmates.com has 50 million users, and Flickr has 32 million registered users. To be further convinced of the claim that Facebook indeed changes the way we communicate, you would only need to create your own Facebook account and start participating in their social networking experience. Technology and internet usage is fused into every aspect of our society including the style of communication. The launch of Facebook in 2006 also enabled other devices such as touch phones, interactive tablets, and even advanced cars with their own networking capabilities starting in 2007. Facebook is a multibillion-dollar company and is highly recognized for connecting more people than other networks. Facebook’s long-term success can be attributed to providing entertainment, world news, and

“what are the factors affecting the usefulness of social networking in e-learning at GUtech”? This will help the university administrator, students, and educators to know the value of social networking in e-learning and will help and guide those who develop, implement, and deliver e-learning systems. There are many social networking sites available that the researcher perceived to be useful in the academe. However, the researcher have used Facebook group for this study because of its popularity to the students and educators of GUtech. II. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The TAM developed by Davis is one of the most