The Use of Social Media and Wikis in Teaching Writing Skills: A Review Article

The Use of Social Media and Wikis in Teaching Writing Skills: A Review Article

Technology

Writing Skills

ESL/EFL Contexts

Abstract—The use of technology has reached its potential stage in teaching and learning. Particularly, ELT teachers and learners are mostly involved in utilizing social media platforms and Wikis in the process of teaching and learning in their classrooms. The current study aims to find out the impact of using social media and Wikis on the writing skills of learners in a number of studies covering the years 2010-2018. Thus, the Google Scholar database was used for finding out relevant literature within the purpose and limit of the current study using the search terms of ‘technology and learning’ in the search button. The methodology used for the present study is PRISMA diagram 2009, which is a systematic way of finding out relevant and available literature. In the final stage, 17 articles were selected for the analysis purposes, and the literature was then classified into different themes to find out the impacts. The results of all 17 articles show that using social media and Wikis played a significant role in improving the writing skills of learners. Thus, it is recommended for both teachers and learners to utilize different social media and Wiki platforms in the process of teaching and learning.

Haidari, Mustafa

Katawazai, Rahmatullah

Mohd Yusof, Sanitah

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 14 No. 16 (2020); pp. 168-179

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2020-09-22

Copyright (c) 2020 Rahmatullah Katawazai

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