First Tutorial - Article Review Exercise

Hello~ So, for our first tutorial class, Miss Yoon asked us to prepare an article review just to prepare us completely for our first assignment. So, here I am, trying to type what's really in my opinion, about what the article Miss Yoon gave us. So, here I go!

An Article Review - Integrating Social Networking Tools into ESL Writing Classroom : Strengths and Weaknesses by Melor Md Yunus, Hadi Salehi & Chen Chenzi

 The world is evolving rapidly and the SNS, stands for Social Networking Services can really bring a change in the perspective of teaching writing in ESL classrooms. Most of these SNS have their advantages when used to teaching writing but with all the good things in the world, the negative effects will also come about. Using SNS in ESL writing classroom can evoke the creative part of these students through the usage of Facebook, Twitter and many more. These can motivate them to take part in these classes because they are really familiar with Facebook and Twitter and such. That maybe reduce the stress thus increasing their creative thinking skills and finally improving their writing. But teachers fear that the usage of SNS in classes may cause negative effects like time wasting and less attention towards the lessons in classes. Ultimately, teachers also fear that SNS will be used negatively.

In my opinion, SNS can be effective in teaching students how to improve writing skills. There can still be negative results that come up from using SNS in ESL writing classrooms. But by limiting of what they can do when using Facebook or Twitter in class, students may not stray from the lesson too much. After all, maybe integrating SNS into ESL writing classroom can be a blessing in disguise. We just have to go through all the bad stuffs to get into the little piece of heaven.

Hahaha, my review's gonna be weird. Hopefully, Miss Yoon can accept this. :D