Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing

The study aims at examining students' attitude towards Arabic Writing, prior and subsequent to the utilisation of Facebook, a social website, as a medium of writing activities and instructions. 21 students of Advanced Arabic Writing Skills at IIUM were selected as the subjects of the study. A 1...

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Main Authors: Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli, Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein, Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham, Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
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Published: 2012
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spelling my.iium.irep.294492014-06-03T04:48:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/ Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud L Education (General) The study aims at examining students' attitude towards Arabic Writing, prior and subsequent to the utilisation of Facebook, a social website, as a medium of writing activities and instructions. 21 students of Advanced Arabic Writing Skills at IIUM were selected as the subjects of the study. A 14-item questionnaire was distributed to the subjects prior and subsequent to the use of Facebook as a medium for writing activities. The questionnaire subsequent to the utilisation, which was distributed two months after, however, consisted of an extra item. Findings reveal that students demonstrated visible improvement of attitude towards Arabic writing then. The results thus, can be depicted that students attitude towards writing could be amplified by utilising social webs such as Facebook for the reason that writing itself is social in nature. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/1/Facebook_and_Students%E2%80%99_Attitudes.pdf Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli and Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein and Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham and Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud (2012) Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing. In: International Conference on Quality Of Teaching & Learning (ICQTL 2012), 23-24 Oct 2012, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. http://icqtl.umt.edu.my/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
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country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
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language English
topic L Education (General)
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Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli
Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein
Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham
Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing
description The study aims at examining students' attitude towards Arabic Writing, prior and subsequent to the utilisation of Facebook, a social website, as a medium of writing activities and instructions. 21 students of Advanced Arabic Writing Skills at IIUM were selected as the subjects of the study. A 14-item questionnaire was distributed to the subjects prior and subsequent to the use of Facebook as a medium for writing activities. The questionnaire subsequent to the utilisation, which was distributed two months after, however, consisted of an extra item. Findings reveal that students demonstrated visible improvement of attitude towards Arabic writing then. The results thus, can be depicted that students attitude towards writing could be amplified by utilising social webs such as Facebook for the reason that writing itself is social in nature.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli
Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein
Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham
Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
author_facet Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli
Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein
Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham
Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
author_sort Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli
title Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing
title_short Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing
title_full Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing
title_fullStr Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing
title_full_unstemmed Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing
title_sort facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/1/Facebook_and_Students%E2%80%99_Attitudes.pdf
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