Using line as an alternative channel for improving english writing ability of thai EFL students

Abstract

© 2018, Southeast Asian Association for Institutional Research. All rights reserved. Being recognized as one of the top best mobile applications, LINE has been widely used around the world. In education, many LINE functions have been extensively used to assist language learning. As commonly seen in school, many students of all levels spend lots of time discussing their problems in learning English with teachers, sending their assignments, and doing many activities on this application. With regard to the coming of LINE to language learning, the present study explored the effects of using LINE as a channel for improving English writing ability of Thai EFL students in a public university in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand. The findings report a greater improvement of the students’ writing ability after the month of English paragraph writing practice on LINE. When compared with the control group, English writing ability of the students in the experimental group who practiced writing on LINE was significantly greater (t = 3.96, p≤ 0.05.) Those who practiced writing on LINE claimed that they felt more enjoyable and had less learning anxiety. They believed that LINE was an effective language learning tool.