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
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/1/Facebook_and_Students%E2%80%99_Attitudes.pdf

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spelling	iium-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 PeerReviewed 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/
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) 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/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29449/1/Facebook_and_Students%E2%80%99_Attitudes.pdf
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