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Appendix 1: ES2002 Student feedback
|ES2002: Sharing Information|
Appendix 2: ES2002 Student feedback
|ES2002: What are the strengths of having a course Facebook page?|
Appendix 3: ES2002 Student feedback
|ES2002: What problems might there be in using a Facebook page for this course?|
Appendix 4 ES2007S Student feedback
|ES2007S: Sharing Information (20 respondents out of 30 total students)|
Appendix 5: ES2007S Student feedback
|ES2007S: What are the strengths of having a course Facebook page?|
Appendix 6 : ES2007S Student feedback
|ES2007S: What problems might there be in using a Facebook page for this course?|
About the authors
Chris Harwood has taught EFL and EAP for over 15 years in Japan, Thailand, Austria, England, Egypt and now in Singapore. His research interests include learner autonomy, collaborative learning and CALL. He is currently researching how to integrate e-learning platforms into university English language departments. Chris lectures in Business Communication at the National University of Singapore.
Brad Blackstone has taught university-level EAP, composition and communication skills courses for over 30 years in Portugal, the US, Malaysia, Japan, and now in Singapore. He has published poetry, songs and articles on culture and language teaching. Aside from his interest in teaching and learning, he has a world music blog at daddypeetexpresso.blogspot.sg