Title:
A CASE STUDY: AN IMPACT OF FACEBOOK ON ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Authors:
Javed Iqbal Mirani ,Azeem Ayaz Mirani,Abdul Razaque Lanjwani Jat,Ayaz Ali Jarah,Siraj Ahmed Channa and Aneela Hanif Rao ,Pakistan

Abstract:
In modern age Facebook is most wide spreading, popular and vital social networking tool for social interaction and learning English language as well and usually students use Facebook for different purposes like, education, communication, business and marketing. In many researches have focused on user behaviors using wrong English Language in sentences, words and code mixing in texts, pictures and videos. The purpose of this research was to investigate the impacts of Facebook on English as a Second language in Higher Education Institutions. Qualitative method was used to conduct the research because it helps deeper to investigate the problem. In addition, it is more useful for educational purpose and suitable for small population. Participants of the study were the undergraduate students of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Naushahro Feroze Campus aged from 20 to 25 years old. Web based survey was used on Facebook to collect the data. Group posts were categorized into three user interfaces like, text, pictures and videos. Findings the study depicted negative impacts of Facebook on English as a second language