A growing number of people study languages online, and little is known about their attitudes
toward this new learning approach, what practices they engage in, or what kinds of …

In this paper, we examine the use of Facebook (FB) as a social networking tool in an
intermediate French class. After reviewing the available studies on FB in language …

Social-networking sites (SNSs) are websites built to allow people to express themselves and
to interact socially with others. Self-expression and social interaction are some of the most …

This ongoing project seeks to investigate the impact, inside and outside of class, of
instruction focused on developing learner awareness of social-networking site (SNS) use in …

This study examines the literacy practices of two multilingual writers in social networking
communities. The findings show that the multilingual writers explored and reappropriated …

Facebook has best leveraged the rapid technological and societal changes over the past
decade to grow into the world's largest social-networking site (SNS). However, research of …

In recent years, Social Networking Sites (SNSs) have increasingly gained popularity. With
the existence of hundreds of such sites, it is not uncommon to have users switching between …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the antecedents and consequences of
social media utilization in teaching by college faculty. Design/methodology/approach–The …

The various facets and networks of social media have had significantly phenomenal
influence on the individual life and on the societal, economic, and political status of their …

This article examines a study of seven learners who logged their experiences on the
language leaning social networking site Livemocha over a period of three months. The …