1 TESL 4340 – Social Networking Dr. Judy Feng Dr. Sunny Jeong

2 Introductory Stuff  Have Fun!  Please turn off your phones!  DO  DO interact with me!

3 Outline  Social networking through the net Some theories & Effects & Influences How to build and maintain the social network  Social networking services Various sites of SNS New wave of networking on the Net

4 Outline  SkyPe Basic Functions How can it be used in Language learning  QQ This is put in the end of the lecture Ask students to share with us how they use QQ and how it can be used in the language learning

5 What is Society?  The state of being with other people  Now, we have geographical society and cyber society (Cyber space)  More chances to join in many societies and diversify our social network

6 People in the Cyber Society- Netizen  Netizens use the Internet to engage in activities of extended social groups, such as giving and receiving viewpoints, furnishing information, fostering the Internet as an intellectual and a social resource, and making choices for the self- assembled communities.  Generally, a netizen can be any user of the worldwide, unstructured forums of the Internet. The word netizen itself was coined by Michael Hauben.Michael Hauben

7 Network Effects  Metcalfe’s(3Com founder) Law  Suppose that there is only one mobile phone. That mobile phone is of no use  The value of a network grows as the square of the number of users

8 Network Effects  But, since you can ’ t call yourself  The value is increasing by

9 Small world theory  In 1967, the social psychologist Stanley Milgram at Havard proved in an experiment, that members of any large social network are connected to each other by maximum six degrees of separation.  Milgram used a technique of sending small packages to a few hundred randomly selected individuals in the United States.

10 Let’s Enjoy Social Network Service  Facebook Before 2004, it was exclusive network only for Havard students Now, 400 million netizens are connected  LinkIn (  Cyworld.com (  Whosline (  …etc

11 Language learning with SNS : LiveMocha  First social networking service focusing on language learning  Launched in 2007  Slogan: the social way to learn a language 

12 LiveMocha: features  Easy to get started  Learning from the native speakers of different languages  Active learning  More than 30 languages are available  You can find many tutors

13 LiveMocha: features

14 LiveMocha: features

15 LiveMocha: features

16 LiveMocha: courses  Offer courses in 36 languages More languages will be added  Interactive online lessons Free Paid  Forms Video Audio Exercise Quizzes

17 LiveMocha: courses  Course features Video conversation Online study anytime For any skill levels from beginner to advanced Feedback from qualified tutors Detailed explanations in grammars Proven content used by Pearson Education

18 Skype  Original name Skyper  Free download  The largest VoIP carrier  Over 22 millions users  Owners Founder eBay SilverLake

19 Skype - features  Video conferencing Up to 25 people  File transfer Instant transfer of files when you chat over internet

20 Skype - features  Internet calls Free skype-skype Charge for calling landlines or mobiles Both voice and video  Instant messaging Chatting in text Chatting history Offline message

21 Skype - features  Skype can run on Windows Mac Linux  Skype supports multiple languages  Search people by either user names or addresses

22 Skype – language learning  Friends from different countries  The wonderful social network helps us in Improving writing, listening, speaking skills Learning languages with fun

23 Summary  What is the network effect?  How can we set up social network in the cyber society?  Language learning with social network service  What is future of SNS?