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dc.contributor.advisorMarkham, Paul
dc.contributor.authorDixon, Gregory A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-22T18:57:54Z
dc.date.available2012-07-22T18:57:54Z
dc.date.issued2011-05-31
dc.date.submitted2011
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11960
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/10001
dc.description.abstractThis study gathered information on student engagement with Facebook, and described non-native English speakers' (NNS) expectations and experience. This also assessed the relationship this technology has with writing efficacy and compared NNS and native English speakers (NS) groups. Demographic data were collected and means were compared to examine how NNS benefit from engagement with Facebook. Correlations and ANOVA were performed. The study found, consistent with other studies, that the overwhelming majority of students are on Facebook, and that they tend to spend approximately 30 minutes per day on the site, checking in almost every day. The number of friends on Facebook did not correlate with any measures of writing success including: confidence, grades or success based on the assessment of the writing sample. Likewise the amount of time spent on Facebook per day had no significant relationship to any measures of writing success for NNS or NS. This study did not directly find that engagement with Facebook offered clear advantages to writing for either NNS or NS. The ways that NNS and NS engage with the site and how that relates to measures of writing success were not significantly different.
dc.format.extent197 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
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dc.subjectEnglish as a second language
dc.subjectEducational technology
dc.subjectAdult education
dc.subjectCommunity
dc.subjectComposition
dc.subjectEngagement
dc.subjectFacebook
dc.subjectSocial
dc.subjectWriting
dc.titleFacebook, Writing and Language Learner Variables at a Large Metropolitan Community College
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberGonzalez-Bueno, Manuela
dc.contributor.cmtememberLancaster, Sonya J.
dc.contributor.cmtememberLovitt, Edward
dc.contributor.cmtememberPeyton, Vicki
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineCurriculum and Teaching
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid7643226
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