Learning Languages in Social Networks: deaf people's perception of Facebook as a linguistic environment.

Abstract

Starting from some considerations about the potential of social networks for the process of language learning, we have investigated the benefits that these tools bring to the process, especially in the case of deaf people. The main aim of this thesis therefore is to evaluate, through a questionnaire, the perception that deaf people have about Facebook as a linguistic environment. The results show the importance that technological tools, especially Social Networks, have in deaf people’s life as they support their socialization, integration and autonomy, confirming the awareness of deaf users of Facebook on the opportunity that such systems offer in relation to the process of language learning.