The world has undergone a tremendous change: we moved from letters to emails, from old-fashioned phone boxes to smart phones, from brochures to websites , from attending seminars to attending webinars, etc. and the most tremendous change is moving from face-to-face socializing to social networking. Everyone nowadays has joined social network in a way or another. Some are on FB; others are on Twitter. Others are still on the email stage. Others have FB accounts, Twitters, YouTube accounts, blogs, Flicker accounts, Instagram accounts and the list is still going on. Although the majority of us do think that social media tools are an indispensable part of society, and these tools are here to stay. Just a few would think of including them in their teaching. According to Cavazza (2012), the advent of smartphones, tablet computers and on campus WiFi means that students are always connected, sharing, publishing, playing and networking. Therefore, if we don't like to appear in the image of archaic teacher and if we like to be on speaking terms with the the social media generation, we should resort to what appeals to them 'social networks' Our job is to show students how social media can be used to achieve learning as many of them are not aware of the pedagogical value of these tools. The main goal of a FL teacher is to hold learners’ motivation, interest and focus during his/her lessons, which is believed to be the first step of guaranteeing successful learning. Thus, we should take advantage of this tremendous technological revolutions to meet our aims.

2. PLAN
1. Introduction
2. Social Networks
3. Rationale
4. The Beauty of Social Networks
5. A Look into Samples of Social Networks
6. We Still Have More!!!
7. Teachers’ Feedback
8. A Reflection on my Students’ Experience
9. Final Tip
7. Conclusion
8. References

3. INTRODUCTION
 With the prevalence of
technology in every
domain of human life, the
old debate of whether
ICT should be used in
EFL lessons or not
becomes antiquated.
 The most tremendous
change nowadays is
social networking.

4. SOCIAL NETWORKS
o Social media are internet-based sites that promote social
interaction between users.

5. RATIONALE (1)
 Cavazza (2012) argues
that “the advent of
smartphones, tablet
computers and on campus
WiFi means that students
are always connected,
sharing, publishing,
playing and networking”.

6. RATIONALE (2)
 Archaic teachers vs. trendy teachers

7. RATIONALE (3)
 FL learners’ motivation, interst and focus = successful
learning.

8. THE BEAUTY OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
 Threat-free context
 Horizontal relationship
 Comfortable and positive atmosphere
 Cooperation and Collaboration
 Meeting students where they are
 Communication & interaction
 Knowledge building
 Autonomy
 Researching & learning
 Creative learning & active production

9. A LOOK INTO SAMPLES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS (1)
Facebook

10. A LOOK INTO SAMPLES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS (2)
Tweeter
oConversation teacher-student,
students-students in TL of 140 character
limit.
oPosting details about assignments,
class
oannouncements, or due dates.
oSharing resources:
oby ‘following’ experts,
institutions, publishing houses, etc.
oPosting relevant resources (e.g.
links) (by teacher + students).

11. A LOOK INTO SAMPLES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS (3)
Blogs
oCreative writin
oNovel reviews
oClass debate
oWriting diaries
oEtc.

12. WHICH STRENGTHS DO SOCIAL MEDIA
HAVE FOR ENABLING LEARNING? (3)
 ‘Vlogging' their hobbies,
thoughts or opinions on
topical news/ stories in
the language you teach.
 Make their own videos as
assignments and sharing
them on YouTube.
Youtube

13. WE STILL HAVE MORE!!!

14. TEACHERS’ FEEDBACK
 “Twitter can be used as an educational tool to help
engage students and to mobilize faculty into a more
active and participatory role” (Junco, Heiberger, Loken,
2011).
 They are writing in a collaborative, public space, sharing
ideas with their peers and others. This sharing often leads
to new and more complex ideas (Hedge, 2013) [blogs]
 The effective use of Social network in Fl classrooms
reveals our students’full potential, raises their self-
confidence and arouses their eagerness to learn (Mekni
Toujani, 2017).

15. REFLECTION ON MY STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE

16. FINAL TIP
 Social networks should not be used carelessly. Their
implementation in FL should be well-planned and should
have clear objectives and anticipated outcomes.

17. CONCLUSION
 Social networks are beneficial for learners as well as
teachers. They offer teachers a plenty of resources for
lesson planning, and for selecting interesting and
enjoyable materials, etc.
 Teachers should be convinced by the fact that social
networks increase student engagement and consequently
improve learning environments.
 “Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the
learner; put yourself in his place so that you may
understand . . . what he learns and the way he
understands it”. Soren Kierkegaard

18. REFERENCES
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