Manuscript Title:

EDUCATIONAL USE OF FACEBOOK PLATFORM AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING OF SPOKEN FRENCH (FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Author:

SOFIEN MNADLA, ZAINEB ZERAI, ROUA DRIDI, ALI ELLOUMI

DOI Number:

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.22914277

Published : 2026-09-10

About the author(s)

1. SOFIEN MNADLA - Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities, Zaghouan, University of Tunis, Tunisia.
2. ZAINEB ZERAI - Higher Institute of Sports And Physical Education, Ksar Saïd, University of Manouba, Tunisia.
3. ROUA DRIDI - Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities, Zaghouan, University of Tunis, Tunisia.
4. ALI ELLOUMI - Laridiame Laboratory University of Sfax, Tunisia.

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Abstract

This study aims to explore the impact of integrating Facebook, as a social digital network, into the educational process, particularly in the teaching of French as a foreign language (FFL), with a specific focus on developing the oral skills of 9th grade students (age means = 15years). Adopting a mixed approach articulated in two phases, the research combines online observation of a public educational Facebook page (“French with teacher Salma”, n = 9,700 subscribers) and experimentation with a collaborative activity entitled “My job in video” within a closed Facebook group (“Let's learn together”, n = 20 students). Data were collected through online participant observation, diagnostic and summative assessment grids based on the official Tunisian program, and semi-structured post-experimentation interviews. The results indicate that the educational, safe and scripted use of Facebook promotes learner engagement, reduces language anxiety and significantly improves oral fluency and phonetic accuracy


Keywords

Collaborative Learning - Social Networks - Facebook - Oral Skills – FLE.