the benefits of using SNSs in learning language

Since their emergence in 2005, Web 2.0 technologies have been advanced as potentially
transformative in the area of education in general and foreign language learning in particular.
Web 2.0 technologies are presenting new opportunities for developing diverse online learning
environments and enhancing interactivity, participation and feedback between students, their
peer groups and teachers. This article examines one of the most significant Web 2.0 tools,
Social Networking Sites (SNS), and focuses on Livemocha, an example of an online
community specifically aimed at encouraging collaboration between foreign language
learners. Results from the ethnographic approach adopted in the paper indicate that:
 (a) SNSs can be used by language learners to explore new relationships rather than merely
maintain existing ones and that
(b) longitudinal studies are required to achieve a better
understanding of the complex processes of mediation involved in online community formation
and maintenance.


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