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Volume 20:5 May 2020
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Effectiveness of Facebook-integrated Instructional Method in Improving Learners’ English Listening Proficiency in Schools in Nepal

Keshab Kumar Sijali, M.Phil. Scholar and
Dr. Chandra Kumar Laksamba, Ph.D.

Abstract

Facebook is a popular social media and researchers are striving in search of its potentiality in the context of English Language Teaching (ELT). This experimental research study aims at finding out the effectiveness of Facebook-integrated instructional method in improving learners’ listening proficiency in English. The study consists of sixty participants from a secondary level government school of Nepal. Equal number of participants were randomly assigned into experimental and control group on the basis of their pre-test performance. The instrument of pre-test was used to find out the current level of listening proficiency of participants. The experimental group was instructed through Facebook while control group was that of traditionally. After the intervention, post-test was administered to them to assess the efficacy of treatment. Obtained data were compared using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed the positive impact of Facebook-integrated instructional method on the improvement of listening proficiency because experimental group (M = 4.53, SD = 2.34) outperformed its counterpart (M = 2.26, SD = 3.82) with significant difference t (58) = -2.76, p = .008. Therefore, ELT practitioners are recommended to integrate it in teaching listening skill.

Keywords: Facebook-integrated Instructional Method, Listening Proficiency, Elements of Listening

1. Introduction

Facebook is a social networking site which was officially launched by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. It has been a popular means for online communication among its users. Its role of connecting people of the world in a virtual community cannot be overemphasized. Its users can use it for multiple purposes such as uploading and sharing photos and videos, posting and commenting on them. Besides virtual communication, teacher practitioners are also found to be using it for teaching purpose. For example, the research carried out by Li (2017) in the context of the USA revealed that 41% percent use of Facebook was found in teaching. Integration of such popular social media in ELT context may be fruitful if its potentiality is examined. Therefore, this study has been carried out aiming at investigating its effectiveness in improving learners’ English listening proficiency at secondary level in Nepal.

2. Statement of the Problem

There is no sufficient research carried out in the use of Facebook in ELT context (Aydin, 2012). However, some of the researchers such as Ping and Maniam (2015), Faryadi (2017) and Özdemir (2017) have contributed in search of potentiality of Facebook in promoting learners’ learning. But no research has been carried out to find out the effectiveness of Facebook in improving learners’ English listening proficiency yet. Therefore, this study will be one to fill in the gap in existing literature.

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Keshab Kumar Sijali, M.Phil. Scholar
Faculty of Social Sciences and Education
Nepal Open University, Manbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal
keshu_sijali@yahoo.com

Dr. Chandra Kumar Laksamba, Ph.D.
Faculty of Social Sciences and Education
Nepal Open University, Manbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal
claksamba@gmail.com
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