Facebook group promotes interaction in analyzing short stories
List of Authors
  • Margie F. Baylon

Keyword
  • Facebook Group, social learning group, interaction, language, short stories

Abstract
  • Facebook Social Learning Group appears to be the most supplementary platform in the new blended learning, particularly in the areas with intermittent internet connections. Teachers maximize the use of this social learning platform to deliver basic education to the students in the comfort of their homes. The use of Facebook Social Learning Group helps teachers to facilitate classes shifting from face to face into different teaching modalities with the aid of effective lesson planning and digitized strategies. Moreover, it promotes interaction among the participants and paves the way for students to comprehensively analyze short stories using the social platform. The objective of this research is to explore the use of Facebook as a supplementary platform for Junior High School students to learn English short stories and prompt collaboration. A descriptive qualitative design is used for this purpose and 20 Grade 10 students in Junior High School were purposively selected since they are all exposed to Facebook specifically messenger classroom in the blended learning set-up which is modular and Facebook messenger. The group is in a heterogeneous class consisting of 8 males and 12 females. Semi-structured interviews and observation of students’ discussions on Facebook are the instruments employed and it was analyzed using content analysis. The innovation of the Facebook Social Learning Group in teaching short stories will help English teachers in promoting positive and active participation inside the group and an opportunity for students to boost their confidence to express their ideas in the English language. The findings show that Facebook Social Learning Group can be used as a supplementary learning tool in basic education classrooms, as it promotes positive and active participation inside the group.

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