Hema Mustafa

University of Tasmania · Faculty of Education

The rise of social media has given impact on the society at large and educators specifically. Educators today are encouraged and driven to include social medias in teaching and learning to accommodate and be at par with students who are literally more IT-savvy. The images and videos range from students’ worksheet to students’ behaviour in class are...

There is little doubt that the proliferation of computer-based technologies has brought about profound changes to social and educational contexts over the past two decades. In classroom contexts, learners today rely heavily on the Internet as a source of information, often turning to the Internet rather than books when gathering information. This s...

Much research has been carried out looking into the psychological effects of Facebook usage. Research reveals that Facebook use can influence subjective wellbeing, either positively or negatively. Few studies have investigated the use of Facebook for online social support groups, but none has yet looked into social support group for parents of chil...

The rise of Facebook as a social network site (SNS) has given a new breath to research areas. This social media has generated 1.23 billion users at the end of 2013 and millions of social interaction takes place every day which leave a wealth of traceable and observable data that spark the interest of researchers. This study reviewed research on Fac...

Online support groups are initiated and organised to provide support for groups focused on issues such as health, addiction or disability. Starting with the use of e-mails to bulletin boards for online community websites, research has found both benefits and drawbacks of online support group. With the rise of social network sites such as Facebook,...

Vocabulary learning is usually dealt with when learners come across new words while doing reading or listening tasks in class. Different techniques have been adopted by second language learners in order to learn vocabulary. This paper investigated whether the technique of using computer as a tool assist the learning of vocabulary among second langu...

This paper intends to describe the nature of activities conducted, tutor factors, English language use, and benefits of the peer- tutoring program. Tutor's participant-observation and tutees’ responses to interviews were gathered and interpreted. The findings revealed that the peer-tutoring program was a conducive platform for students to practice...

Cultural literacy involves the ability to understand a culture that is foreign. One of the ways to promote cultural literacy is through literary works. It is paramount for teacher trainees to obtain cultural literacy especially when dealing with multicultural classroom. This study explores the role of literary works in generating cultural litera...

This study investigates learners' perceptions of kinesthetic learning activities (KLA) used to teach English as a second language in secondary level. Using mixed method research design, with surveys and interviews, this research which is mainly qualitative and descriptive in nature presents students' perceptions towards KLA so as to promote act...