New Trends Towards Using Social Networks As Teaching Electronic Portfolio

Abstract

This paper was basically conducted to explore the potential for Social Network: Facebook use as new trends towards teaching electronic portfolio in teaching English at the university level. The researcher adopted the quantitative and analytical methods using the test and the questionnaire as the main tools for collecting the data. The participants included (50) English language teachers from various Sudanese universities along with (25) students majoring English in different levels at the University of Kassala. They have Facebook accounts and they were taught within an online group. According to the results, it was evident that there were practical and effective use for Facebook to be applied as a teaching electronic portfolio for academic and educational purposes especially at university levels. In these respects, learners’ performance can easily be monitored and assessed through social network, teachers and students can collaborate in a secure, closed environment on Facebook group, teachers can maintain a personal content library and share content with students and finally, students can instantly access their files through their e-based ‘Library’.