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Facebook and the Use of Social Networking Tools

to Enhance Language Learner Engagement

Nicole Mills

October 31, 2009

University of Pennsylvania


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Digital Natives

A digital native is a person who has grown up with digital technology suchas computers, the Internet, mobile phones and MP3.


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Digital Natives

By the time a student has graduated from college, he/she has spent:

10,000 hours on video games

10,000 hours on cell phones

20,000 hours watching TV Sent and received over 200,000 emails or instant messages

- Pansky, 2001, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants


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Facebook Generation

In July 2007, Facebook had more registered users than any other high

school or college focused siteworldwideexceeding 34 millionmembers (Language Educator, 2009).

In 2009, Facebook is the 3rd

most visited website in the United States(after Google and Yahoo). http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US

Facebook signs up nearly a million new members a day (NY Times, March

2009)


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Average time spent on Facebook

GrowingUp on Facebook, NY Times, March 2009


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Internationalization ofFacebook

More than 150 million active users

More than 700 million photos uploaded each month

More than 4 million videos uploaded each month

More than 35 languages (60 more languages in development)

70% of Facebook users live outside of the US

Statistiques, Facebook Janvier2009

http://www.marketing20.fr/facebook/statistiques-facebook-janvier-2009/


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International Facebook Use

http://wearesocial.net/fr/blog/tag/envoye-special-planete-facebook/


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International Facebook Use

http://www.insidefacebook.com/


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Facebook and Education?

Conducting class through Facebook? Facebook groups allow more

interaction than BlackBoard, but havent caught on yet

- By Travis Winkler, Daily Pennsylvanian, 2/19/09

Penn Design Architecture lecturer Andrew Phillips is using Facebook asan extension of his classroom

Students can generate content by posting and sharing information aboutsupplies, images, drawings, and more


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Slogan

Facebook vous permet de rester en contactet d'changer avec les personnes qui vous

entourent.

Facebook helps youconnectand share withthe peoplein

yourlife.


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Enhancing the Standards ofForeign Language

Learning through Facebook?


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Intermediate French & Global Simulation

Global Simulation: Students create a fictive yet culturally groundedworld, assume the role of a self-developed character, and

collaboratewith fellow community members (Magnin, 1997)


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Description of Global Simulation Project

For this project , you will

become the tenants of a Parisian

building, located in the

Montmartre quarter and you will

write a book of your memoirs

of the events in the building. As

such, you are going to pretend

to be a French or francophone

person living in France. You will

develop your own character andtell the story of his/her life in

the first person.


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French 130Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to communicate wellenough in French to discuss and describe yourself, yourimmediate surroundings, yourpersonal life and interests, andsome of your opinions about the world at large. You will also havethe tools to function in a variety of social situations such asordering a meal, finding an apartment, giving advice, askingquestions, and making plans. You will have the tools to tell storiesusing the past tenses and discuss and analyze films and literature.You will increase your confidence in understanding spoken French

and can expect to be able to get some of the main points ofconversations by native speakers on familiar topics.


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Development ofLimmeuble en ligne

Workshop at MultiMedia Services (accompanying handout) (15 students)

Creation of an email address on www.yahoo.fr for the immeuble character

Creation of a facebook account for the immeuble character onwww.facebook.fr

Creation of the facebook profile for the immeuble character Completing general information, address, education, experience, job

Photo

Updating Status

Collection of classmates French email addresses (list sent via email) andrequest that students add their neighbors to their list of friends


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Immeuble en ligneproject

As part of theirparticipation and homework grade, students wereasked to interact on Facebook at least 3 times per week

Status updates

Wall postings Other?

Every other week, they were also asked topost their revisedcompositions (4 chapters from their memoirs from life in theImmeuble) as Notes on Facebook


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Supplementary Materials

Dictionnaire: Langage SMS (textos,Facebook, etc.)

Bonjour : bjr

Bonsoir : bsr

Daccord : dak Demain : 2m'1

Message : msg

Mort de rire : MDR

Etc


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User Conduct Agreement

User Conduct

As a member of the Immeuble en lignefacebook project, you may ONLY acceptfriend requests from your fellow classmates. You are not permitted to acceptfriends outside of this French 130 section or misrepresent yourself as another

person outside of your fictional character.

In addition,you agree not to use this Facebook account to:upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content thatwe deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive,inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy orpublicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

intimidate or harass another; upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwisemake available content that is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits anyother person from using or enjoying the Site, or which may expose its users toany harm or liability of any type.

___________________________________Signature of student

Enjoy!


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Sample Facebook Profile: Wall


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Sample Facebook Profile: Infos


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Enhancing Communication: Interpersonal


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Enhancing Communication: Presentational


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Enhancing Communication: Presentational


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Enhancing Communication: Interpretive

Video postings

Benjamin Biolay - Laisse Aboyer Les Chiens Lou Apollinaire Ah, mon chanteurprfr. Commeil estbeau, nest-ce pas? Enfait, il se

ressemble un de mesvoisins

Vanessa Paradis Divine Idylle

Lou Apollinaire mafolie, mon envie. Vanessa Paradis estmonidylle. mon divineidylle.

Carla Bruni, Le Toi du Moi

Lou Apollinaire Voilunevido de Carla Bruni. Je la dteste parcequ'elle esttrop jolie etelle chante mieuxque moi...

Follow-up student posting of different Carla Bruni video as status update:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMsGSukA8RQ


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Enhancing Culture: Products

Shared cultural products shared by students:

Images of Paris

Paintings by French artists

Caricatures from Montmartre

Music videos: Mozart lOpra Rock, Phoenix, Carla Bruni, Dalida,MC Solaar

Videos of sports: Paris St. Germain soccer chants

Plays: video clip ofL

trangerby Albert Camus News articles


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Images of Paris: Des photos de mon balcon


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Caricatures from Montmartre


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Enhancing Connections to other disciplines

Connections to Art


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Connections to politics, current events


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Enhancing Connections to course content

Connections to French film,Amlie


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Enhancing Connections to course content

Connections to concept of lavie enroseand Edith Piafs songdiscussed in class


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Enhancing Comparisons

Discussion of mise en abyme in class via French art and film/ studentcomparison to American TV show advertisement


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Enhancing Comparisons

Following discussion of stereotypes of French in class/ Student posts a videofrom an American TV show (HBO) which portrays these stereotypes


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Enhancing Communities

Development of Group Pages, Parties,Events


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Enhancing Communities

Development of Group Pages, Parties,Events


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A return to the French 130 objectives

By the end of this course, you should be ableto communicate well enough in French to discussand describe yourself, your immediatesurroundings, yourpersonal life and interests,

and some of your opinions about the world at large.

You will also have the tools to function in avariety of social situations

You will have the tools togive advice

,ask questions, and make plans.

You will have the tools to tell storiesusing the past tenses


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French 130 grammatical objectives

Question formation : 119 questions formed within status updatesand wall postings

Past Tenses: 41 sentences with past tenses

Present tense: 257 sentences in the present tense

Relative pronouns: 53 relative pronouns

Adjectives: 128 adjectives


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French 130 Functional Objectives

Expressing opinions: 49 opinions Zoe Vassar apprcie la pluie du printemps

Rene Clment naime pas le nouveau facebook

Ask questions: 119 questions Quest-ce que tu aimes faire pendant le week-end? vous habitez quel tage?

vous dtestez beaucoup de personnes, non?

Make plans: 37 invitations Pouvons-nous aller djeuner demain?

Est-ce que tu veux avoir un autre rendez-vous avec moi? Samedi soir, peut-tre?

Veux-tu aller au concert avec moi? Jaime les concerts! Et aprs le concert, nouspouvons danser dans la discothque! Est-ce que tu as dj prvu quelque chosece week-end?

Tell stories in the past tense: 41 descriptions of past events


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Student Questionnaire

1. How did you interact on Facebook during this course? Pleaseindicate the two Facebook tools that you used the most often.

2. When posting on Facebook did you pay attention to grammaticalaccuracy and vocabulary choice? Why or why not?

3. Did you enjoy using Facebook in this course? What did you likeabout it? What didnt you like about it?

4. Do you feel that the use of Facebook was a valuable Frenchlearning experience? How?


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How did you interact on facebook during this course?

Notes/ compositions - 15

wall postings -14

Status updates -13

Uploaded images/ photos -12 Uploaded news stories- 8

Uploaded video- 6

Group pages -4

Uploaded music -1

Facebook chat -1

*Comments on status updates/ Comments on photos


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When posting on Facebook did you pay attention togrammatical accuracy and vocabulary choice? Why or

why not?

Yes -12

To make mymessage clear (2)

Message was to be seenpublicly (2)

I wanted to be entertaining

My classmates would correct me

It was a class assignment (2)

It (grammatical accuracy)fit the personality of my character

I wouldwrite the post before hand to ensure accuracy and then postit

Some browsers didnt allow for accents (6)


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Did you enjoy using Facebook in this course?

Yes -11

It was familiar

It was fun (2)

Great way for me to get to knowthe rest of the people in the building and inthe class(5)

Great way to interactwith others Its a creative, interactive, relaxed method of using conversational French

A way to ask about homework

I had a blast with it. I was able to share ideas, interact with others, plus learnabout other peoples lives and hobbies.

Good way to practice French outside of class

No 2 Difficult to keep up with. (4)

It sometimes was tedious to have to be your character

I wish we were given more topics to post about

I dont really use facebook so it wasnt that helpful for me.


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Do you feel that the use of Facebook was a valuable French

learning experience? How?

It allows you topractice French in a familiar way. Most students cant go withoutfacebook so it was easy to do.

Yes, Its culturally relevant and makes the class more fun and applicable.

Yes, I was motivated to use accurate French. It also enhanced class discussion.

Yes. But, much of the interaction was similar to in-class exercises.

Yes, it made French more interesting. Yes, we were able topractice our French and learn about other peoples opinions

and ideas.

Yes, because it made us think in French outside of class.

Yes, it gives a glimpse ofhowreal life in France is. Its very cool to read and seethe same words in French as we do in English (Connections).

It can be. UsingFrench informally.

Yes, because we were able tovisit French websites, listen to French musicgroups, andwatch French TV shows. In addition we could learn about Montmartrefrom our friends shared notes (compositions).

It felt somewhat less useful than the other course work. It was fun and interesting butlimited as far as how much it actually offered to help with skills in French.

Only if students use facebook. It is innovative but I feel like it wasnt written on thehomework.


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Facebook as Online Community Theater

Ive always thought of Facebook as online community theater. In

costumeswe customize in a backstage makeup room the Edit Profilepage, where we can add a few Favorite Books or touch up our About Me

section we deliver our lines on thevery public stage of friends walls orphoto albums. And because every time we join a network, post a link or

make another friend its immediately visible to others via the News Feed,every Facebook act is a soliloquy to our anonymous audience.

We log into the website because its entertaining towatch a constantly

evolving narrative starring the other people in the library

-The Fakebook Generation, NY Times, October 2007

Alice Mathias, 2007 graduate ofDartmouth College

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