Investigating Metaphorical Perceptions of Thai EFL Students on Social Media (80521)
Session Chair: Monthon Kanokpermpoon
Saturday, 15 June 2024 11:45
Session: Session 2
Room: Salle 103
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
It is undeniable that social media has played an important role in today’s world of multimodal communication, ranging from everyday contact to language learning. Some scholars advocate the multifaceted nature of social media into its ‘social’ and ‘media’ domains, and this results in different conceptions of social media, especially in language education. Within this various nature of social media, some people regard social media as a tool, while others see it as a “window”. Using the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, this study aims to identify and analyse how Thai EFL students perceive social media through the use of metaphors and to explore these metaphors to unveil their cognitive and emotional perspectives towards social media. An online questionnaire was used to prompt approximately 100 Thai participants in Bangkok to identify what social media is like and to explain why they think so. The results of this study reveal some common metaphors of social media towards both ‘social’ and ‘media’ dimensions together with some other domains. The findings have significant implications for classroom practices in terms of the use of social media in language classroom as well as ways to implement language learning based on the metaphorical perception of the participants towards social media.
Authors:
Monthon Kanokpermpoon, Thammasat University, Thailand
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Monthon Kanokpermpoon is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Thammasat University in Thailand
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