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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY PHAN THI HONG LAM 443025 GRADUATION PAPER Hanoi-2023 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY PHAN THI HONG LAM 443025 A STUDY ON THE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON STUDENTS' ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING AT HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY SUPERVISOR Nguyen Thu Trang, M.A Hanoi-2023 DECLARATIONS I hereby state that I: Phan Thi Hong Lam — class 4430, being a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Bachelor’s Graduation Paper deposited in the library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the origin of my paper deposited in the library should be accessible for the purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of the paper Supervisor Student April 4" , 2023 il ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my greatest gratitude to my Supervisor, Ms Nguyen Thu Trang M.A., for her enormous support towards my research with her enthusiastic dedication, profound insight and experience, perseverance, helpful and detailed comments and suggestions throughout the research process I have managed to overcome various challenges and complete this thesis thanks to her spiritual encouragement and inspiration I am deeply thankful to all the Members of the Thesis Committee, the teachers who diligently and fairly assessed my study, offered perceptive remarks and questions, and gave me thorough input to aid in my future studies I owe a great deal of gratitude to all the administrative personnel and staff members of Hanoi Law University and particularly Faculty of Legal Foreign Languages providing interesting, highly applicable and practical topics that help me confidently express my views I would also like to give special thanks to all the students who actively participated in the survey and interview, who spent their precious time to assist me in collecting data to make my thesis more precise, complete, and profound Last but not least, I am particularly grateful for my dearest family members, my beloved friends, my fellow 4430 classmates who have always been there to support and care for me with unconditional love, understanding and sympathy in the writing and survey process ill ABSTRACTS Social networking plays an important role in people's life, especially in the use of language The main purpose of this study is to explore the effects of social networks on English majors at Hanoi Law University in learning English To achieve this, the researcher applied the combined approach of quantitative and qualitative methods A survey questionnaire and interviews were carried out during seven days at HLU for 100 final year English-majored students The research shows that using social networks to learn English produce different results for the participants On one hand, the use of social networks brings certain benefits for languages students' self-study as well as provides teachers with new teaching methods On the other hand, there are still disadvantages such as neglecting schoolwork, wasting time, loss of interaction with real life In general, HLU’s English majors have not found effective measures when using social networks as a tool to support language learning and are affected by many disadvantages Some recommendations regarding the use of social networks for better learning for both students and teachers are given at the end The results of this study can also be applied to research papers In this field IV TABLE OF CONTENTS ae ae i DeCIAVATLIONS «0.6 ccc ELLE EEE EEE il AcknowWl€dĐGIGHÍ Ă n v ớ t iii GU OXS A661 SH ng HE HH tk nh xy iv Table Of COHÍ€HÍS E E E E.E.E.v.n.v.à ES Vv ET CUT CRAPO sc 0n ts sans ek mes Sate tl Se Gem Satta aT lỶlỶẻ vii List OffIQUres ma EE Ente vill INTRODUCTION ch | eeM Rationale of the study .cằằẰẶcẰẰ | RINNE, ELS SURI sox T1 1010100770700 sam a Bam 9 HRN 9 a a A Research Questions.0c ce ce c ece.cec e ee e e eee.eee.e e ee een n eee.e e e enn.ees 3 Scope of the study Ă n .e.en.s 3 Siomrireanee 0Ï CNG SEG an tán gạt tung eset wane sea oi HH TRƠN AE AR 185317 k Organization of the study 4 5 CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW 1„1„ SSAWMEARNN TRAINhi» at 5x oes 5 me a 4 LY Hw HN Si 80g 4U A RA 3 LJ Definition of social network .iicscccciasassasssasnaLnàacshaae00nả4e2 | 1.1.2 Types of social networks as a language learning tool 6 1.1.3 The roles of social networks for language learners 10 1.2 The use of social networks for English learning 12 1.2.1 Advantages of social networks in English language learning 12 1.2.2 Disadvantages of using social networks in English language 14 S00 1.3 Previous studies on using social networks to learn English 16 1.4 SummarV ch ees 19 CHAPTER II: METHODOLOGY 20 2uly Design Of thre NẾUẨY::x:«‹::‹z:zc esses econ tn sae bai sa sana aa ows BA ne ena ka 20 2.2 Parficipanfs nhà 20 2.3 Research questions resfafed 21 2.4 Data collection insfrumenf 21 2.5 Data anaÌySÌS .nc.e ee.n.e.ee.ne.e e.nn.a n.h.k.h.e 22 2.6 SUMMALY .0 cece cee ene cence een e etna eee enaeeeeeeeeeaeenenaeees 22 CHAPTER III: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 23 “SN, ii 23 3.1.1 English-majored students’ using social networks for learning Za 130002c)20 c2 ng n2 SH ng nh kh He 3.1.2 Aspects of English language improved through English-majored 29 students’ use of social netWorks 3.1.3 Drawbacks that social networks bring to English-majored 33 students in the process of learning English 3.2 Major findings and discussion 34 3.2.1 English majors’ utilization social networks for learning English 34 3.2.2 Impact of social networks on learning English of English majors 35 Fs 0 0 SH nu 3.3 SumImAFV H H .H H .kg 36 CHAPTER IV: RECOMMENDATIONS 37 4.1 Recommendations for English-majored students in learning 37 English via social networks 4.2 Recommendations for English teachers in using social networks 38 to teach English to English-majored studentfs 4.3 SuImmarV nà 40 RPS AL IẾL C TÌN ne tư na oon sea con ws ee HÔI Bi ï OE BE ce ee § Hi VN bát š SƠ 41 1 Summary of the main findinøs 41 2 Limitations and suggestions for further study 4] EIN CO a ca mz x cs om vm wuz wn sim ca tov ki Bí BH lì 3 Dã DDDSỐ 43 APPENDICES .e.en.ce.e.ee n h e , 47 APpendlx I: ee 47 JšY[IGITTUEISE, Ñ Lý xui: wasn» mg ss sw vất VồN š VU et gt 1N a Bút sa ee Bói š EG Oa 32 Vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS E-learning : Electronic Learning HLU : Hanoi Law University Vil LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 K44 English majors at HLU’ frequency of using SOCial NEtWOLkS cece cece cece eee ccceeeccceuncceuunceeuuneeeueenes 23 Figure 2 Necessity’s social networks in learning English of K44 English majors at HLU 24 Figure 3 Devices’s using of K44 English majors at HLU 24 Figure 4 Application’s learning English of K44 English majors Figure 5 As a method to support teaching 26 Figure 6 Ways’s learning English via social networks of K44 English majors at HLU .-. - - 28 Figure 7 Effectiveness in autonomous English learning English 29 Figure 8 Aspects of concentration when learning English through social networks of K44 English majors at HƯU 31 Figure 9 Advantages of using social networks for learning English by K44 English majors at HƯU az Figure 10 Drawbacks of using social networks for learning English by K44 English majors at HƯU 33 Vill INTRODUCTION The purpose of this chapter is to lay the groundwork for the research paper by describing its rationale, aims, research questions, scope, significance, and organization with a clear focus, purpose, and direction 1 Rationale of the study In the era of industry 4.0, the development of science and technology has made great progress, leading to the fact that social networks are becoming more and more widespread and popular Entertainment, learning, connecting, sharing, etc are easily done by people through social networks With the great roles that social networks bring, people in general and especially young people today in particular use social networks for many different purposes Social networks are also a useful tool to help students 1n learning English language At the end of December 2019, when the Covid 19 epidemic began to appear, the education sector was considered one of the areas affected when many schools were forced to close to minimize the spread of the epidemic In that context, in order to prevent the spread of diseases; while maintaining the quality of teaching and completing the program on schedule, ensuring the learning of students; many schools have applied teaching in the online form for almost all levels of education Social networks are more essential than ever A few studies have suggested that using technology can increase student engagement and time spent participating in extracurricular activities (Chen et al 2010, Henrie et al 2015, Hu and Kuh 2001, Junco et al 2013, Nelson Laird et al 2005, Robinson and Hullinger 2008, Junco 2012) Using asynchronous technology tools, for instance, encouraged reflection, which results in higher- order thinking, according to one study (Robinson and Hullinger 2008) Others discovered that the need for collaboration among students in online courses increased (Thurmond and Wambach 2004), and that greater interactivity and 1
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