The research aims to determine the impacts of social networking sites (SNSs) on the English academic writing of Education students of Centro Escolar University-Manila. This study was built upon Brown’s Micro and Macro Skills of Writing, and Raimes’ Elements in Producing a Piece of Writing. The mixed-method approach is used to analyze the results of this study. The quantitative data were obtained from the survey questionnaire, while the qualitative data were obtained based on thematic analysis and Corpus-based Error Analysis. A total of 12 respondents from the Education Program participated in the study. The Corpus-based Error Analysis of the students’ paragraphs revealed that they committed errors in punctuation, syntax, verb tenses, diction, coherence, cohesion, topic statement, capitalization, singular/plural forms, spelling, and unity. They also agreed that using SNSs as e-learning platforms is beneficial in their English academic writing. Moreover, SNSs positively impact their academic writing skills to a large extent. However, these still have negative impacts on them based on the thematic analysis. This study concluded that SNSs positively and negatively impacted students’ English academic writing skills.
Keywords: writing, academic writing, writing errors, social networking sites
Academic Profiles
Chrisia Mae B. Quiban graduated with a Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd) degree in English from Centro Escolar University-Manila in 2022. She received the award for Best in Research Paper Presentation (Non-Science Category) at the University Research Forum on July 18, 2022. She served as the English Guild President at Centro Escolar University-Manila for two consecutive years (S.Y. 2019-2020; S.Y. 2020-2021). Additionally, she holds certifications in TEFL, TESL, TESOL, and TEYL.
Arlene Salve Opina is GEO’s President and Academic Affairs Director. She has been teaching since 1983, handling communication skills, humanities, and methods of research (graduate school) subjects. She is also a panel chair in the graduate school oral defense for applied linguistics and an editor of graduate and undergraduate theses. Likewise, she is a licensed teacher (PRC) and a certified trainer/reviewer in TESOL, BPO/BPAP (ADEPT), and TOEFL. She finished a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Supervision and was awarded a gold medal for “Excellence in Research,” an MA in Literature; and an AB in Mass Communications. Her research interests include blended learning, critical thinking, and task-based language teaching. Her works have been published in international refereed journals and presented at local and international conferences such as Harvard University, USA; London, UK; China; South Korea, Malaysia; Thailand; Indonesia; Malaysia; and the Philippines. She is currently the head of the International Languages department at Centro Escolar University.