Table 1
The summary of the questionnaire items and the frequency of the responses
| Question content | Options and its frequency | Options and its frequency | Options and its frequency | Options and its frequency | Options and its frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of time they were using Facebook | more than 6 months | 3–6 months | 1–3 months | less than 1 month | |
| 64% | 18% | 15% | 13% | ||
| How they first hear about lg learning groups | friend/classmate | Teacher | search engine | Blog | read about it in a newspaper/magazine |
| 45% | 5% | 35% | 7% | 3% | |
| Reason to learn English | Business | For fun | Travel | For a class | |
| 40% | 22% | 28% | 38% | ||
| major goals for coming to Facebook | learning vocabulary | share my interest | finding native speakers | accessing multimedia content | developing a social group |
| 32% | 68% | 45% | 43% | 51% | |
| Most helpful areas of site | Vocabulary Training | Tutorials | L Reminder | People (chat) | Discussion Board |
| 46% | 54% | 47% | 56% | 21% | |
| Chatting with others of your TL | Always | Mostly | Rarely | with L1 speakers | |
| 55% | 34% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Impact of using Facebook on daily use of TL | Being more confident to speak in L2 | Being more confident to read in L2 | Frequent use of new vocab. | No impact | |
| 35% | 47% | 63% | 26% |
Table 2
The summary of the quantitative part of the usefulness and effectiveness questionnaire
| Question content | Extremely | Very | Somewhat | Only a little | Not at all |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Familiarity with Facebook features | 46% | 34% | 12% | 8% | |
| Reliability of Facebook | 22% | 37% | 19% | 10% | 12% |
| Helpfulness | 52% | 37% | 6% | 3% | 2% |
| Every day | Every few days | Once a week | Once a month | Less than once a month | |
| Amount of using Facebook | 46% | 24% | 23% | 5% | 2% |
| Contacting the admin | 72% | 14% | 4% | 6% | 4% |