Undergraduates’ Learning Achievement and Attitudes toward Learner Autonomy in a Fundamental English Course Incorporating Additional Facebook Group Activities

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  • Paunluck Puntahachart Saengsawang King Mongkut’s University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v18i1-2.10335

Keywords:

Learning achievement, Attitudes toward learner autonomy, Additional activities, Fundamental English Course, Facebook group

Abstract

This study examined 1) undergraduates’ learning achievement in a fundamental English course that included activities with a Facebook group; 2) the level of students’ attitudes toward learner autonomy; and 3) the level of their attitudes toward Facebook use in an English course. The subjects in the study were first-year undergraduate students that had registered for fundamental English course at King Monkut’s University, North Bangkok (KMUTNB). They were selected using the convenience sampling method, and were organized into an experimental group. Students were provided with additional activities or homework with the Facebook group. The results indicated that the students’ learning achievement was not in accordance with the efficiency criterion and the levels of their attitudes toward learner autonomy during the three phases studied were significantly different. However, the students’ attitudes toward integrating Facebook into an English course were found to be positive.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v18i1-2.10335

Journal of NELTA, Vol 18 No. 1-2, December 2013; 115-132

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Author Biography

Paunluck Puntahachart Saengsawang, King Mongkut’s University of Technology

Paunluck Puntahachart Saengsawang is a Lecturer at Faculty of Applied Arts, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. She teaches English to undergraduates majoring in science and technology. Her fields of research are English language teaching and assessment, and using technology for education. Currently, her interests revolve around promoting learner autonomy and lifelong learning.

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Published

2014-05-02

How to Cite

Saengsawang, P. P. (2014). Undergraduates’ Learning Achievement and Attitudes toward Learner Autonomy in a Fundamental English Course Incorporating Additional Facebook Group Activities. Journal of NELTA, 18(1-2), 115–132. https://doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v18i1-2.10335

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Vol. 18 No. 1-2 (2013)

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