The Role of Facebook in Vocabulary Learning A Case Study:The 3red Year Pupils at Ammar El Saghir Middle School in Guerrara

Abstract

The very fast development of technology, science, and media has influenced all aspects of human life including education. Social networking sites (SNSs) have become the primary resort to the human being to tackle all kinds of real-life issues and concerns in general and language learning in particular. Facebook is a principle social website to enhance communication, language acquisition, vocabulary learning. Also, it provides with the authentic materials of the target language. A study was carried out with 50 third-year young pupils at Ammar El Saghir Middle School in Guerrara to analyze the effectiveness of Facebook use in vocabulary learning. The 50 pupils were divided into two groups ( experimental and concluding groups) each group included 25 pupils. Data collected with the use of pre and post tests to the two groups. While a structured questionnaire was conductedonly with the experimental group pupils. The study showed that pupils believed that the Facebook website is reliable resource to meet the learning purposes. Overall, Facebook can serve the educational process as a supplementary tool to improve the learner’s outcomes.