Use of motivational stories and videos to enhance EFL students writing skills through Facebook.

Abstract

Abstract: This study analyzes the development of writing skills through the pedagogical use of motivational stories and videos by using Facebook. The research was conducted with 50 distance EFL students, from different parts of the country, enrolled in a reading and writing course. Particularly, the purpose of this mix-method research was to determine how these technological tools help students to enhance their writing skills, and to find out students perceptions about the use of motivational stories and videos through Facebook. To achieve these objectives, a Facebook group, stories and videos were arranged, a pretest at the beginning, and a posttest at the end of the study were used. During the research, a rubric was used to measure students ability to identify the main idea, the coherence structure, and the use of connectors and transition words. A survey was applied to know students perceptions about the use of Facebook. The intervention lasted two months. The results show that the pedagogical use of Facebook as well as motivational stories and videos is positive since it catches students attention to develop writing activities collaboratively.