The Influence of Social Media on Arabic Writing Skills among Jordanian 10th Graders'

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the influence of using social media on the 10^th graders' progress in writing skills, and their attitudes towards writing at Naour District in Amman schools, and the effect of gender, academic qualifications,  educational and professional experiences. A five-point questionnaire, and a standardized writing test were sophisticated.  It included three composition questions to get three paragraphs based on  writing. The sample of the randomized study consisted of (1064) students of the 10^th grade. The study showed,  there were no significant differences in the effect of social media towards writing skills for 10^th graders’ due to academic qualification on third domain, whereas there were significant differences on the effect of social media towards Arabic writing proficiency due to academic qualification in the first and second domains. There were also statistically significant differences on the effect of social media towards writing proficiency for 10^th graders’.

Keywords: Social Media, Writing Skills, 10^th Graders, Amman schools, Teaching Methods.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-36-18

Publication date: December 31^st 2020