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Le réseau social en classe de F.L.E. : pratiques des étudiants et des professeurs en Roumanie
The Social Network in the French-as-a-ForeignLanguage Class: Strategies Deployed by Romanian Students and Teachers

Author(s): Ion Bunduchi
Subject(s): Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: Web 2.0; Internet; social network; teaching practices; collaborative research; project;

Summary/Abstract: The research for this article was conducted to illustrate therelationship between social media use and its effect on studying. We found outthat there is a relationship between social media use and its impact on teachingand studying, more precisely, that social media can be used with a collaborativepurpose while working on a research project and it can strengthen therelationships between students and teachers as well. Over 75 students and 8teachers completed a survey questionnaire consisting of more than 20questions. The research shows that a significant relationship is most likely todevelop between social media, collaborative research and teaching.