In addition, the findings indicate that students’ motivation and confidence towards English language learning improved via FB. Findings revealed that the EFL students believe that FB as an online learning environment facilitates, supports, and encourages their English language learning. The sample who participated in the study was N=65, in the department of English language and translation enrolled in a B.A program. It also aims to explore the students’ perceptions towards learning English in the Facebook context following four treatments, language improvement, confidence, motivation and attitude. This paper attempts to present a comprehensive picture of what has been investigated in terms of the use of Facebook as an online English language-learning environment and inquires whether this learning model can enhance students’ learning of English. Social Networking Sites (SNS) such as Facebook (FB) are currently highly used by students because technology has the potential to become a valuable resource to support their educational communications and collaborations.
Using survey questionnaire, we find that learners from the four countries view Facebook as an online environment that encourages and facilitates incidental learning of English, but with a few variations according to the countries. Driven by these trends and practices, the researchers carried out an international study involving Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia and Maldives to investigate and compare higher education students' perceptions of Facebook as an environment for learning English. Keywords: Facebook, incidental learning, learning English, online environment, perceptions of learning English form of communication in the Facebook environment. In terms of language teaching, researchers are also beginning to be aware of Facebook's potential to enhance and enrich English language teaching and learning at all levels since the written language is the main implications on the use of Facebook for English language teaching and learning in higher education are also discussed. This factor alone has prompted many educational researchers to investigate how Facebook can be utilized for educational purposes, focusing on the social interaction between users, particularly in the higher education contexts. Facebook (FB) is the most popular social networking sites (SNS) in the world at the moment.
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