Abstract
<p>This study aims to identify the student’s feedback with regard to using Facebook in learning Arabic language as a foreign language. The study was conducted in a higher learning institution that offers Arabic language as a foreign language. This study involved 22 students as the participants of the study conducted via a Facebook group that was specially created for this purpose. The results indicated positive response from the participants who engaged on the account to improve their language skills. The participants were also motivated to use Facebook to communicate with each other in Arabic language even though they have some setbacks due to some limitations. The participants also pointed out that they prefer Video Application or Picture Apps in giving their comments in Arabic language. The participants also agreed that Facebook can enhance their acquisition of new vocabs during discussion and conversation. This study showed that Facebook can guide the participants in the concepts of collaborative learning in virtual world as an alternative to the face-to-face learning in classroom.</p><p> </p>
Highlights
The development of ICT throughout the world has impacted and changed the landscape of the education system
This study showed that Facebook can guide the participants in the concepts of collaborative learning in virtual world as an alternative to the face-to-face learning in classroom
The findings showed that the majority of participants who engaged in the study via this Facebook group have motivation to improve their foreign language learning through comments and postings on Facebook
Summary
The development of ICT throughout the world has impacted and changed the landscape of the education system. The pedagogy of language still focuses on face-to-face interactive teaching and learning in the classroom between teachers and students, it has become more powerful with the introduction of interactive learning by using ICT. This includes learning process both inside, and outside the classroom. Through the years, has undergone many transformations with the advent of ICT, including interactive TV, internet and the latest, social media networks such as Facebook (Aydin, 2014). Nowadays, the role of social networking sites has evolved into a more productive function in which it is able to bridge the gap and develop relationships between the government and the people, between business companies and their consumers as well as academicians and students
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