INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING FACEBOOK GROUP IN IMPROVING WRITING SKILL AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Abstract

The study aimed to find out the students’ perception on the effectiveness of using Facebook group in improving  writing skill at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry by using a mixed method of the survey, consisting of quantitative and qualitative method. The close-ended questions of the questionnaires were used to get the results of data using a five point Likert scale analyzed by SPSS, version 17 and some open-ended questions were also utilized to get further detail. The results of the study revealed the effectiveness of using Facebook group in writing skill and posed some challenges the teachers may face when integrating Facebook group in the classroom. Hopefully, the use of Facebook group will be widely implemented in the classroom in the age of Internet and mobile learning.