Facebook-based Classroom

        As students become increasingly connected to social media like Facebook, it is very important for EFL or ESL teachers to explore how Facebook can be utilized, specifically in the foreign language classroom.

     As a communicative tool in the language classroom, Facebook provides collaboration through target language discussions, status updates, comments, and questions. These types of collaborations can promote a sense of connection and community between the students more engaging learning experience. In short, Facebook allows for multi-dimensional conversation, both among students and between students and teachers.

            In using social media in the classroom, I suggest to not use it as the intensive material in the classroom. Just use it as your extensive course as many materials based on the curriculum which is needed to deliver in the class. Use Facebook as the practice of what teachers give in the class.

            In my opinion, Facebook is the most appropriate social media to improve students’ writing ability, which is complete with the improvement of grammatical structure and vocabulary.. Teachers can manage it based on the students’ level and themes of the material. Here, I will give you some general steps to use Facebook in your extensive classroom.

            I thinks that’s all for the steps. I do not give you detail period or materials because each teacher has different class situation, members and materials. So, just be free to explore your creativity as teacher and make it fun!

            You can get another ideas from this article Using Facebook in the Language Classroom