The Effectiveness of Social Media Network- Telegram on Teaching English Collocations to Iranian EFL Learners

Curriculum Research

دوره 1، شماره 1، فروردین 2020، صفحه 20-29   

نوع مقاله: Original Article

نویسندگان

Zahra Ahmadpour Kasgari^{* 1}؛ Reza Mirarab Razi²

¹Department of English Language and Literature, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran

²Department of Education, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran.

چکیده

Technology has a profound influence on schooling in the 21st century and educators are being challenged to incorporate technological innovation to assist students in their learning. Accordingly, the face of learning is changing in general and new technologies are offering students and teachers tools and occasions inconceivable before. In this respect, this study aimed to investigate the impact of Telegram (as mobile technology) on collocation learning and retention of Iranian EFL learners. Participants of this study included 120 EFL learns (in two experimental (N= 60) and control (N=60) groups) who received different treatments over the study. Analyzing the results showed that there was a significant difference between the performances of experimental and control groups, of course, in favor of the experimental group who confirmed the effect of Telegram on improving collocational knowledge. This study implies that using the social media network- Telegram has various pedagogical benefits and it can be very promising in EFL instruction.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Collocation learning؛ Telegram application؛ Social networks؛ EFL learners

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