Non-native English speakers: help plz!
HEY FRIENDS so I'll make this short BUT
so I'm a grad student in TESOL/AL which is a really long acronym but basically ESL yeah you know. I think you all know this!!
and my thesis is probably going to have to do with learner motivation specifically wrt language learning via social media
ANNNND I would really love your help!
SO. If you are someone for whom English is not your first language and you believe using social media (this could be LiveJournal, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter . . . anything really, actually I'll take any kind of internet-based communication?? lol. Like email or forums or whatever) has been IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY advantageous to your English language learning, I would love to use you (in the good way!!) in a study.
Probably it wouldn't involve too terribly much work from you? I'm still ironing out the details but I'm about ready to embark on a preliminary study, which would probably mostly involve you filling out some questionnaires for me/allowing me to observe/collect data on some of your online interactions.
And seriously, this is if you think online interactions have been a part of your English growth in any way, even if that has less to do with learning grammar, structure, vocabulary, etc. and more to do with increasing your interest/frequency in communicating in English, or just giving you a new community/new types of discourse in which to communicate in English!
If this sounds like something you would be amenable to doing, I'd love to talk to you and give you some further details :) Please email me! At longleggedgit(at)gmail(dot)com.
THANKS FRIENDS I LOVE YOU ALL
so I'm a grad student in TESOL/AL which is a really long acronym but basically ESL yeah you know. I think you all know this!!
and my thesis is probably going to have to do with learner motivation specifically wrt language learning via social media
ANNNND I would really love your help!
SO. If you are someone for whom English is not your first language and you believe using social media (this could be LiveJournal, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter . . . anything really, actually I'll take any kind of internet-based communication?? lol. Like email or forums or whatever) has been IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY advantageous to your English language learning, I would love to use you (in the good way!!) in a study.
Probably it wouldn't involve too terribly much work from you? I'm still ironing out the details but I'm about ready to embark on a preliminary study, which would probably mostly involve you filling out some questionnaires for me/allowing me to observe/collect data on some of your online interactions.
And seriously, this is if you think online interactions have been a part of your English growth in any way, even if that has less to do with learning grammar, structure, vocabulary, etc. and more to do with increasing your interest/frequency in communicating in English, or just giving you a new community/new types of discourse in which to communicate in English!
If this sounds like something you would be amenable to doing, I'd love to talk to you and give you some further details :) Please email me! At longleggedgit(at)gmail(dot)com.
THANKS FRIENDS I LOVE YOU ALL