Using suggested linguistic activities via social network sites (SNSs) for developing language proficiency for prep stage students

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using some suggested linguistic activities via Facebook on developing writing proficiency (WP) for prep stage students. Through reviewing literature and previous related studies, the researcher investigated the theoretical framework of using the suggested linguistic activities via social network sites (SNSs) represented in Facebook, and writing proficiency. This study followed the quasi-experimental design where one-group pre/post design was employed. A group of randomly selected 36 students, second year prep stage at Al- Morshedy Omar governmental School in Tanta in 2017 participated in the study. Instruments of the study were: an online pre/post writing proficiency test and a rubric. Some linguistic activities via Facebook were adopted. The group has taken the pre/post-test. Results were statistically analyzed using t-test and the effect size was calculated. Results showed