The influences of social networks on english self study process of freshmen in english faculty, thuongmai university

The study aims to explore the effects of social networks in the process of learning English of students belong to English Faculty, Thuongmai universityTMU through a number of popular soc

THUONG MAI UNIVERSITY ENGLISH FACULTY

The study aims to explore the effects of social networks in the process of learning English of students belong to English Faculty, Thuongmai university(TMU) through a number of popular social networking sites such as Facebook,YouTube,Zing.mp3,etc.A total of 61 students from English Faculty at TMUparticipated in this study.The participants were divided into two main groups thatincluding the first year students and the final year students in order to compare thedifference in the process of using the social network for English self-study and howthe impact of social networks affect them.A mixed method consisting questionnairemethod, interview method and group interview method was implemented to analyzethe collected data The findings of this study indicate that social networks caneffectively assist college students in self-learning process.Students can improvetheir professional knowledge not only from the in-class instruction but also throughsocial network sites However, due to the lack of appropriate learning methods,social networks still exist a few negative effects in the learningprocess.Finally,some useful instructional strategies are provided to educators andpractitioners in the English education field

self-Keywords: Social networks, self-learning process, research method

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This graduation thesis would never have been able to finish without theguidance of my supervisor, help from my friends and support from my family.Firstly, to complete this graduation thesis, I have received a lot of helps fromschool and teachers.I would like to thank to faculty of English,TMU for giving me agood learning environment, providing me with knowledge about business English,

as well as opportunity to let me have time to access to practical

Secondly,I would like to express my sincere thanks to the teacher: Ms.Han ThiBich Ngoc During the time of writing the thesis, I received the guidance of theteacher.She helped a lot in correcting, supplementing and perfecting the missingtheoretical knowledge to complete the thesis with the best results

Thirdly, I would also like to thank the library management of Thuongmaiuniversity who has helped me a lot in the process of collecting materials, providingvaluable materials to complete this thesis

Last but not least, I want to show my appreciation to participants, includingK54,the first year students and K51,the final year students of English major atThuongmai university, who provided me with valuable assistance in collecting data.However, due to limited qualifications and limited research time, the researchand presentation process is inevitable I really hope to receive comments and advicefrom teachers so that my graduation thesis will be more perfect

Thank you so much!

Hanoi, April, 2019Tran Thi Cuc

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS vi

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii

CHAPTER I: OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY 1

1.1.Rationale 1

1.2.Previous Studies 3

1.3.Aims of The Study 4

1.4 Research Subject 5

1.5 Research Methodology 7

1.5.1.Some features of the study’s place 7

1.5.2.Research methods 7

1.6.Theoretical and Practical Significance 10

1.7.Organization of The Study 10

CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 11

2.1.Term Definition 11

2.1.1 Social network 11

2.1.2 Self-study process 14

2.2.Previous Studies 17

2.2.1.Thesis: “ The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Political Attitudes and Behavior” (Weiwu Zhang ,2010) 17

2.2.2.Thesis: “Impact of Social Networks on Young People” ( Bui,2014) 18

2.2.3.Thesis: “Behavior of Using Social Network of Student at Hai Duong University” ( Nguyen,2018) 19

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH FINDINGS 21

3.1.Results of Questionnaire Method 21

3.2.Results of interview method 27

3.2.1.Social networks have a positive impact on the English self-study of freshman students at TMU 28

3.2.2.Social networks have negative impacts on self-learning English 30

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3.3.Results of group interview method 32

CHAPTER IV: RECOMMENDATION AND SUGGESTIONS 34

4.1.Problems and suggestions of research topics 34

4.1.1.The first problem 35

4.1.2.The second problem 36

4.1.3.The third problem 39

4.2.Limitations of the study 42

4.2.1.Some specific limitations of the study 42

4.2.2.Suggestions for further research 43

CONCLUSION 45 REFERENCE

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LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS

Figure 1: The world's largest social networks 14Figure 2: Popular Social Networks in The English Eelf-study Process of Freshman,Thuongmai University 22Figure 3: The Level of Social Network Usage of Freshman on English Self-studyProcess 23Figure 4: The Frequency of Using Social Networks of Freshmen on self-learningEnglish Process (unit:%) 24Figure 5: Influence of Social Networks in English self-learning process offreshman, Thuongmai University (unit:%) 25Figure 6: The Level of Satisfaction about Using Social Networks of The First-yearStudent on English Self-study Process (unit:%) 26Figure 7: The level of assessment to students about the impact of social networks onEnglish self-study process (unit:%) 27Figure 8: Compare the social network usage level on English self-study betweenfreshmen and final year students 32

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CHAPTER I: OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY

1.1.Rationale

In the context of international integration, English has become the most widelyused language all over the world It is considered as the medium communication inmany different fields such as: science, technology aviation, international sport, and

so on

Businesses are increasingly focusing on their English language skills(especially English) For medium and large enterprises, foreign languagecertification is gradually becoming a mandatory requirement, and is considered aprerequisite for applicants when interviewing.However, the response and the way

we are implementing so that English becomes a second language for graduates,there are still many issues to consider

Back to the university training environment, like many universities in thecountry today, Thuongmai University also requires that before graduation, studentsneed to have a certificate of English as a required condition Studying foreignlanguages at school is not enough for students to apply well what they have learned

in practice So the core problem for students to improve their foreign language skills

is in students' self-study in addition to the lessons in class.Self-study is really a veryimportant skill for students It helps students to grasp knowledge effectively

However, how self-study is effective and how to have the best self-study method?Especially for freshmen in English Faculty, finding a suitable method for theEnglish self-study process is really necessary.While the internet is having abooming era, new forms of communication are attracting more and more viewers.Internet users - especially young people, start looking for a place that satisfies allthe needs of information, entertainment, connectivity and social networking that arelaunched to meet all those needs.For students, the benefits that social networksbring have an immense role in self-studying English of students at TMU

Students through social networking links to work together as a group of people withthe same goal of self-learning English, with interest, online exchange, help eachother improve English proficiency and English skills.Not only that, social networks

also expand the scope, allowing students from different schools not only in thecountry but also abroad to create sites to help each other learn This is one of thechannels to help them improve learning efficiency, share knowledge andmaterials.Nowaday, the world has hundreds of different social networks likeFacebook, YouTube, and Twitter, Each social network has a certain success based

on its compatibility with cultural, geographic factors Facebook and YouTube aresocial networks that are commonly used in Vietnam In addition, having someappearances of other social networks such as: Zing me, YuMe, Tamtay,etc

Many young people, especially the first-year students in English Faculty whohave just entered the university environment are still having difficulties and surpriseduring their study, the use of social networks will help very much in their Englishself-learning process.In addition to studying on the school under the guidance ofteachers, they use social networks to provide more knowledge and exchange skills

to learn English with others Not only that, networks also provides an opportunityfor students to interact with foreigners who do not need to go abroad or lose the cost

of taking English courses

Besides convenience, social networks also lead to negative phenomena amongcurrent students One of the most remarkable phenomena is the "online addiction"phenomenon.For students, spending too much time using social networks also hasmany consequences such as: reduce labor productivity, poor health (vision loss,insomnia, mental fatigue, ).A large amount of information that is not original,uncensored or social networking groups with bad intentions will cause them to losemoney without any effect in the learning process.Besides, the dissemination ofinformation from social networks is quick and easy, creating an environment for thebad guys to exploit and entice,which make to reduce the students' will to study.Students account for the most number of members using social networks duringtheir self-study process.However, they are faced with multi-dimensional impactsdaily, affecting both awareness and behavior in the process of using socialnetworks.However, the problem of social network impacts on students, especiallyfirst-year students of English Faculty at Thuongmai University has not been deeplystudied The problem is: How is the impact of social networks on students major in

English? What social network has changed to their habits and needs during theEnglish self-learning process? These questions need to be addressed by practical,concrete surveys and based on solid theoretical background.

The things mentioned above are the reasons why I choose “ The Influences of Social

Networks on English Self-Study Process of Freshmen in English Faculty, Thuongmai University ” for my graduate thesis

Hopefully, it will be beneficial to learners of Vietnamese, who have a passion forEnglish

1.2.Previous Studies

Considered as a new communication channel, the explosive growth of socialnetworks attracted the attention of researchers In the world, there have been manyresearch projects, articles on social networks and young people that have attracted

many achievements, such as: Research: “Social Networks and Internet Usages by

The Young Generations”(Ehrhardt,2013) This study has shown the habits of young

people when using social networks and the internet, comparing these habits withreal life behaviors as well as the views of the younger generation on socialnetworks At the same time, the study also emphasizes the importance of socialnetworks in modern society

A different study of with a multiple name “Young and Old Use Social Media

for Surprisingly Different Reasons” (Ladegaard,2014) indicates the reasons that

people participate in social networking How it has changed their habits andlifestyles as well as the trend of using social networks in the future

Besides, there are also many discussions around the negative and positiveimpacts of social networks on the younger generation, such as Debate.org website

with the title: “ Is Social Networking Bad for Today’s Generation?”.There have

been a lot of opinions in the debate, of which 58% agree that social networks arehaving negative impacts on the younger generation, 42% disagree and tell theadvantages that social networks bring

In Vietnam, Social networks have only been introduced in recent years but ithas also attracted many people's attention and interest There are many studies aswell as articles written about the power of social networks in the multilateral media

era However, these studies only stop at a general level and often focus mainly onfeatures as well as ways of communicating on social networks, the interactionbetween social networks and traditional communication It has not shown the trueimpact on young people, especially students who studying in the universityenvironment.

Through the process of surveying and researching this topic, I have theconditions to refer to the documents at the faculty offices, libraries of TMU,national universities, national libraries as well as materials from different sourcesand found that in forums, libraries, research on social networks, there have beenquite a number of research projects on social networks, such as: Graduation thesis

with the theme:“Social Network Movement in Vietnam”(Quynh,2013) (surveyed

through 3 manifest social networks now in Vietnam: Vietspace, Cyworld Vietnamand Yahoo).This thesis mainly studies the participation of social networks of youngpeople and regular internet users in Vietnam through three social networks.Thethesis also assesses the consequences as well as the implications of social networks,thereby proposing some development solutions and ideal models for socialnetworks in Vietnam

In addition, there are many other interesting research topics that address socialissues and young people However, these topics are concentrated in a differentaspect and unconnected together Another problem that I found is that even in myschool environment( TMU), the social network problem has not really been studieddeeply, especially for the first year students who are having many difficult problems in

English self-study That is reason why I am implementing research topic: “The

Influences of Social Networks on English Self-study Process of Freshmen in English Faculty, Thuongmai University ” This is one of the first topics of comprehensive

systematic research on the impact of social networks with the specific object is student

of TMU and specific aspect is English self-study.This is a non-overlapping andinteresting topic at TMU, promising to attract the attention of students and teachers

1.3.Aims of The Study

Thesis studies,analyzes and assesses the impact of social networks on youngpeople in collecting, receiving, connecting, sharing and transmitting information to

serve the special needs of self-learning English for the first year students major inEnglish as well as their views on social networks from which to give ideas andsuggestions aim to help students have the right direction in using social networks totheir learning.

Specifically, the study aims to answer the following three questions:

Research Question 1:How is the current situation of using social networks of

the first-year students of English Faculty,TMU in English self-learning processtoday?

Research Question 2: What are the effects of social networking on English

self-learning process?

Research Question 3: What are the solutions to limit the problems that exist in

the process of using the social networking?

1.4 Research Subject

The research subject of the thesis is the impacts of social networks on youngpeople especially the first-year students of TMU on the needs, habits of collecting,receiving, connecting and giving change, sharing as well as their views on socialnetworks

In the framework of a dissertation project, in order to study more deeply and indetail, the dissertation only focuses on surveying some main social networks whichare Facebook, YouTube and Zing.mp3

Facebook is a social network that is at the peak of its development period.

Currently, Facebook has the number of members in all social networking sites withover 800 million members According to the newly published report of the internetmarket research firm: Global Web Index( England) Specifically, by the end of12/2012, Facebook had 693 million users piercing through and became the largestsocial network in the world.In Vietnam, according to Facebook's research report onusers in countries, Vietnam has the highest number of users in Asia in 2012 The totalnumber of Vietnamese members participating in this largest social network reachednearly 5.5 million, a strong increase of 55.6% compared to the previous quarter

YouTube is the world's largest video sharing website This is the most visited

and popular address among entertainment services.According to the internet market

research: Global Web Index( England), YouTube social network ranked 3rd among

10 social networks with the largest number of users in the world.The topics with thediverse areas that YouTube covers make video sharing become one of the mostimportant parts of internet exchanges.Clips uploaded to YouTube also have a lot ofinfluence on the society There are many videos with a wide spread The videoreached the highest viewership on YouTube up to over 1 billion viewers

Zing.mp3 is an online music community website which first released from

August 1, 2007.It integrates a system of searching for modern technology, robotswill automatically search for links containing music content on some popular musicwebsites in Vietnam, helping users just go to the music search section and then able

to search for music from various sources It also allows people to listen, download,embed blogs or send friends their favorite songs.With the music store containingover 1 million songs which always updated regularly with the latest trends with thehottest singers today, Zing.mp3 is considered one of the most popular andinteresting music websites at Vietnam.Not only enjoying the music in this country,Zing.mp3 also helps students come to a variety foreign music store Listening toEnglish songs is not only a great form of entertainment after stressful classes butalso helps you improve your English listening skills through English melodies andlyrics.This is also a very unique form of English learning,which is applied bystudents during their self-learning English process

Zing MP3 is currently the largest digital music player in Vietnam with morethan 50 million users and 2 million hits per day

Due to the specific characteristics mentioned above of each social network, Isurveyed and selected Facebook and YouTube,Zing.mp3 which are threerepresentatives of the global social network and are widely responded by young people.About the research object is also the object to survey in Facebook, YouTubeand Zing.mp3, the thesis selects the main object: the first-year student in Englishfaculty are those who have just entered a different learning environment with theirsubordinates, facing many difficulties and have to find out study methods forthemselves.This is also the age group that accounts for a high proportion on socialnetworks, and is consistent with the research direction of the thesis

* Research scope:

Direct interview with 15 people who are freshmen in English Faculty at

Thuongmai university

Questionnaire method:Survey 40 students The discussion is divided into 3

groups, each group has about 6-8 students studying at the classes of the Englishdepartment at Thuongmai University

Group interview: a group of students including six people.There are three

students who are the first year students and three students who are the final yearstudents.All of them also belong to English Faculty,Thuongmai university.Thereason for choosing two different target groups is to compare the difference in theprocess of using the social network for English self-study and how the impact ofsocial networks affect them

* Research time: From 25/02 to 19/04,2019

1.5 Research Methodology

1.5.1.Some features of the study’s place

Founded in 1960, TMU is a non-profit public higher education institutionlocated in the metropolis of Hanoi (population range of over 5,000,000 inhabitants),Red River Delta Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministry ofEducation and Training, Vietnam, Thuongmai University is a medium-sized(uniRank enrollment range: 8,000-8,999 students) coeducational higher educationinstitution Thuongmai University offers courses and programs leading to officiallyrecognized higher education degrees in several areas of study.Being a multi-disciplinary schools specializing in economics This is also a good learningenvironment, among the top universities in the country In particular, the school isalso a place for training that specialized in business English, attracting a lot ofstudents to enroll in this department

1.5.2.Research methods

1.5.2.1.Methods of researching documents

Serving for theoretical reasoning is mainly the method of document research,document This method includes stages: analysis, synthesis, and systematizationgeneralize the theories and methodological and related issues to the needs ofstudents to use social networks

Purpose: to collect data, to generalize information on issues related to

previous research topics of domestic and foreign authors, to build a scientific basisfor the topic From there, analyze and explain the science as well as thereasonableness of the points that the topic has given

Content: Theoretical issues about behavior of using social media, expression

of behavior of using social network

Procedures: collect, search, filter information from documents, documents,

books and newspapers on websites or school libraries, thereby systematizingtheoretical issues related to topics

1.5.2.2.Methods of practical research

a.Survey method by questionnaire

In scientific research, researchers often use a system of different researchmethods in which the questionnaire survey method is a popular method.The method

of survey by questionnaire is a written interview method, done at the same timewith many people in a pre-printed questionnaire The respondents answered theiropinions by checking the corresponding boxes according to a certain rule

The survey process by questionnaire consists of 2 phases: the questionnairedesign stage and the official investigation stage

The questionnaire design stage:

Purpose: to collect research information for the purpose of forming

preliminary content for the questionnaire

Subjects of information collection: 40 first-year students of English Faculty,

TMU

Content of collecting research information: I use two previously prepared

sources of information:First, on the basis of studying documents from the author'sstudies in and outside the country on behavior of using social networks of students.Next I conducted a survey about using the social networks of students whom arestudying at TMU, majoring in business English Combined from the above twosources of information, I created a questionnaire for students

Questionnaire for students includes three parts: The opening of thequestionnaire presents the purpose of the survey, questions relate to the respondents'

information, creating objectivity.The content of the questionnaire is the questionsrelated to the influence of social networks on freshman of TMU.The last part is anumber of suggestions and personal opinions of respondents toward socialnetworking issues as solutions to limit the negative effects of social networks onstudent use

b.Survey method by direct interview

Interview is the method that used to find out more personal information or toassert more deeply about something.This research method is also commonly used as

a questionnaire method

Interview purpose: Supplement and check income information through

questionnaire method in order to understand the behavior of using social networks

of the first-year students at TMU

Object of interview: 15 students of the Faculty of Business English of the

university in the research area

Principles of interview: The interview was conducted in a friendly, open

atmosphere in order to give students a comfortable mood, avoid confronting theinterviewed audience to make them feel confident and closer

Contents of interview: Interview about the status of using students' social

networks as well as the factors that affecting the use of social networks of students.Thereby drawing conclusions about the impact and influence of social networks onthe process of self-learning English

Steps in the interview process: For the most convenient for the interviewer, the

researcher must arrange a flexible and appropriate time When interviewing,consider the following points:

+ The time when students often use social networks

+ Awareness of student about using social networks

+ Student's assessment about the influence of social networks in the process oflearning English

In these steps, students are presented in a comfortable, free way about thequestions that the interviewer poses Besides, in the interview, the interviewer mustask the most appropriate questions and at the right time

c.Survey method by group interview

This method aims to better analyze the results from the above interviewmethod through interviewing two different subjects One object is the first yearstudent group and the other is the last year student group These two groups belong

to the English Faculty at TMU.The reason for the selection of two different targetgroups is to compare the use of social networks between the two groups and therebysee how different and similar in the impact of social networks toward their self-study English

1.6.Theoretical and Practical Significance

The first is the scientific aspect, the thesis contributes to another perspective

on the impact of social networks on young people after the explosion of socialnetworks The work also contributes somewhat to the theoretical system of massmedia in Vietnam This is a very important research area, so far has not beenresearch deeply at the university

In practical value:On the basis of practical surveys,with comparativecomparison, the topic shows the realty of the use and reception of social networksamong young people The topic also offers the positive as well as the limitations,the multi-dimensional effects of social networks for users, especially the first yearstudents who are finding effective English self-study methods for themselves Thisshows the changes in collecting, receiving, connecting, sharing, and transmittingtheir information after using social networks

The thesis also contributes to providing the right orientations for students touse the social network for self-study English It helps students have an effectivelearning method as well as exploit all the advantages that social networks bring

1.7.Organization of The Study

In addition to the introduction, conclusions, references and appendices, thethesis is divided into three main chapters as follows:

Chapter 1: The theoretical basis of social networks and behavior of using

social network of students at Thuongmai University

Chapter 2: Organize research methods and analyze research results

Chapter 3: Summarize the problems of the topic and propose solutions.

CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1.Term Definition

2.1.1 Social network

If using “social network” keyword and searching for it in Google, will get

about 253 results That confirms social networking phrase is a familiar phrase in theworld of internet users.Cambridge dictionary has defined social networking as

follows: “A website or computer program that allows people to communicate and

share information on the internet using a computer or mobile phone”.

According to Laura Garton sociologist, a strategic researcher at Toronto

University: “when the computer network connects people or people to organization

together, it is a social network”.

From the above concepts we can define that social networking is the use ofinternet-based social media programs to make connections with friends, family,classmates, customers and clients Social networking is a phrase that is no stranger

to people Nowadays almost no one does not use themselves as a social network, ithas become popular.Social networking can occur for social purposes, businesspurposes or both through sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,Classmates.com,etc

Social networking is also a significant target area for marketers seeking toengage users

Social networking is a service that connects the same hobby members on theInternet together for different purposes regardless of space and time People are alsocalled netizens

Social networks, also known under other names such as "virtual community"

or "profile page", are websites that bring people together to talk, share ideas andinterests, or get acquainted with new friends

Social networking services have general features such as e-mail,chat, voicechat,movies, file sharing, blog and editorial The innovation network is completelychanging how netizens link together and become an essential part of every day forhundreds of millions of members around the world These services have many ways

for members to search for friends and partners: based on group (e.g: school name orcity name), based on personal information (such as e-mail address or screen name),

or based on personal interests (such as music,sports, movies or books,), areas ofinterest: making friend,business, purchase,etc

Social networking is a type of business service.Because it will be the tool toconnect people all over the country together via the internet on hobby issues, orimportant information It does not distinguish between users and can connect at anytime space When we use it, we have to spend money, so that we can connect withpeople, so this is the type of service that collects money indirectly from users

2.1.1.1.Social network history

Social networking services first appeared in 1995 with the introduction ofClassmate for the purpose of connecting learners, followed by the appearance of SixDegrees in 1997 for the purpose of making friends based on interests

In 2002, Friendster became a new trend in the United States with millions ofregistered members However, this rapid development is also a double-edgedsword: Friendster's server is often overloaded every day, causing grievances formany members

In 2004, MySpace was born with features like movies (embedded video) andquickly attracted tens of thousands of new members every day, former members ofFriendster also flocked to MySpace and within a year, MySpace became the firstsocial network to have more views than Google and was bought by NewsCorporation for 580 million USD

In 2006, the birth of Facebook marked a new turning point for the onlinesocial network with the "Facebook Platform" programming platform that allowsmembers to create new tools (apps) for themselves as well as others members use.Facebook Platform quickly achieved great success, bringing hundreds of newfeatures for Facebook and contributing significantly to the average 19 minutes thatmembers spend on this page every day

2.1.1.2.Structure of social network

Node: An entity in the network This entity can be an individual, a business orany organization

Link: is the relationship between those entities There may be many types oflinks in the network In its simplest form, social networking is a single scalar graph

of appropriate links between nodes We can represent this interconnection networkwith a diagram where nodes are represented by points and links are represented bystraight lines

2.1.1.3.Social network goals

Creating an Internet-based system allows users to communicate and shareinformation effectively, beyond geographical and time limits

Build up an online identity form to serve common public requirements andcommunity values

Enhance the role of each citizen in creating relationships and self-organizingaround common interests in communities that promote social organizationconnections

Today social networks are used by many people because it helps them updateinformation about friends and relatives as well as find new friends This is also aplace where you can find interesting information, images from people withsimilar interests

2.1.1.4.Some typical social networks

Nowadays, there are many social networks in the world.Five social networkswith the largest number of monthly access users (as of March 1,2015), are shown intable:

Figure 1: The world's largest social networks

900,000,000

120,000,000

(Source: Summary of eBizMBA, as of March 1, 2015)

2.1.2 Self-study process

According to Cambridge dictionary: “A way of learning about a subject that

involves studying alone at home,rather than in a classroom with a teacher”.

The study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., withoutdirect supervision or attendance in a class

Example: She learned to read German by self-study

Discussing the concept of self-study: "Self-study is a proactive learner, finding

out his own knowledge by his actions, himself apprear Self-study is to put yourself

in the situation of learning, study position, handle situations, solve problems, test solutions,etc Self-learning process of personalization ” (Nguyen,1998)

In the speech at the workshop “ Improving The Quality of Teaching” held in November 2005 at Hue University, Professor Tran Phuong said: “Learning is

always and always is self-study, meaning that knowledge science accumulated from many generations of humanity into its knowledge, self-improvement of its thinking and training itself to practice those knowledge ”

From the above concepts, it can be seen that the concept of self-study isalways accompanied, closely associated with the concept of self-awareness Eachindividual's knowledge, experience and skills can only be formed sustainably and

promoted effectively through those activities To achieve perfection, each studentmust receive knowledge from many sources on his own, practicing skillsthemselves, self-sustaining their soul everywhere anytime.

2.1.2.1.Self-learning method

Learning is not simply sitting at a writing desk, writing or holding a book toread In order to have good and useful knowledge,student must have a method ofstudying science, but each person's method of learning is different

Search for documents

Search for material from books, newspapers, websites, and friends to get abetter understanding of something after hearing teacher talk about it Although noteveryone has the ability to search for documents quickly and accurately, but whenyou train gradually,this skill will also go up This is only difficult when you are juststarting out, when you are familiar you will easily find the information you need toadd to your knowledge base

Test yourself knowledge

In order for your studies to be highly effective, you must know how to testyour knowledge by doing it yourself: short-listed main content, charting, thinkingmaps Testing your knowledge is also the way you once again try to refine whatyou have learned, what is ambiguous needs to be learned

Learn to remember

Each person will have a different way of remembering, some will rewritemany times, list the main contents, some will read aloud, someone just readssilently as long as they can remember that knowledge Try all the ways above tosee how will help you remember the fastest and most effective

Selecting information and knowledge

Every day people will receive a lot of different information, knowledge fromteachers, books, types of references,etc If they do not have the skills to selectinformation, knowledge will make them drown in one bubbles of too many differentknowledge

Know how to select important information, important knowledge, andremember them Do not try to remember too much messy things in your head, it willmake you feel that learning is really scary and bad.

Understand and regularly review

Understanding the knowledge will help you remember and know how to applythem to each situation accordingly In addition, learner should regularly reviewwhat they have learned, otherwise what they have learned will gradually beforgotten over time

2.1.2.2.The role of self-study process:

Self-learning capacity is the best way to create strong motivation for thelearning process.One of the important qualities of each individual is the positive,creative initiative in all circumstances.One of the important tasks of education is toform that quality for learners Because of that new education hopes to createdynamic, creative, adaptive classes for all labor markets, contributing to communitydevelopment It can be seen as positive (formed from self-learning ability) as acondition, the result of the development of the younger generation personality inmodern society In which self-study activities are the high exertion of many aspects

of each individual learner in the cognitive process Human activeness is onlyformed on the basis of random coordination between excitement and self-awareness It guarantees the shaping of independence in learning

Regular self-study, positive, self-discipline not only help students expand theirknowledge but also help students to form intellectual qualities and train theirpersonality, giving them a scientific lifestyle, virtue of perseverance, interest inlearning, passionate about scientific research

At any level, self-study has a very important role to learning outcomes,especially for college students It demonstrates students' cognitive activities at ahigher level, independent, self-aware, creative in acquiring knowledge as well asapplying knowledge into practice.Learning methods of student at university arealso different but do not mean that lack of teachers' roles

2.2.Previous Studies

After the process of research, I have found quite a few previous studies ofresearchers on topics related to social networks and young people These are allvery successful, useful and highly productive topics.

2.2.1.Thesis: “ The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Political Attitudes

and Behavior” (Weiwu Zhang ,2010)

This research based on a telephone survey of Southwest residents to examinethe extent to which reliance on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpaceand YouTube has engaged citizens in civic and political activities Morespecifically, this study looks at the extent to which social networking sites influencepolitical attitudes and democratic participation after controlling for demographicvariables and the role of interpersonal political discussion in stimulating citizenparticipation The findings indicate that reliance on social networking sites issignificantly related to increased civic participation, but not political participation.Interpersonal discussion fosters both civic participation and political activity

A survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project discovered that ofthose who connect to social network sites, 40 had used them to engage in somepolitical activity,from getting information or signing up as a friend of the candidate

to discovering a friend’spolitical interests or affiliations during the 2008 primaryseason (Smith & Rainie, 2008).Although political web sites and blogs attract thosewho are already politically active, social network sites may be bringing in newvoters, particularly the young, to get involved in the political process (Toronto Star,2008)

Little attention has been paid as to how social network sites affect socialcapital measures such as political participation, civic participation and confidence ingovernment, even though it seems clear that social networks are engaging people inthe democratic process More specifically, this study examines the extent to whichsocial networking sites influences political confidence, political participation, andcivic participation after controlling for demographic variable

According to this research, social networking sites may increase both bondingand bridging social capital.Study find that social network users are significantlymore likely to use the sites to connect with someone they know off-line than

meeting new people.Nearly 80% of Facebook and MySpace users in one survey hadjoined a group.Social network make some relationships become stronger forbridging social capital, probably because it easily allow individuals to join groupsthat have same interests or goals.

This research has also suggested that the link between media use and politicalattitudes and behaviors that is influenced by what motivates people to search outinformation Specifically, studies have discovered a stronger link betweeninformation-oriented use and political attitudes and behaviors than entertainment-oriented use

Results through this thesis demonstrated that dependence on social working sites such as YouTube, Facebook, and MySpace was positively related tocivic participation but not to political participation or confident in government.Thereason for that is these social network are geared toward maintaining relationshipswith everyone and can have the potential for stimulating community involvement

net-2.2.2.Thesis: “Impact of Social Networks on Young People” ( Bui,2014)

Still a familiar topic: social networks and young people, research of Ms.Huonghas brought a multidimensional perspective on social networks for young people inVietnam through 2 major social networks: Facebook and YouTube

Research shows that social networking which is most used by Vietnamesepeople is Facebook with about 13 million people and Zing Me, social network foryoung people standing at the 2nd place.The object of the thesis research is theimpact (positive and negative) of social networks to young people about needs,habits of collecting, receiving, connecting, exchanging, sharing and transmittinginformation as well as their views about traditional social networks and newspapers.The thesis contributes an additional perspective the impact of social networks

on young people following the explosive development of the network

society in our country, the reasoning issues compare between traditionalcommunication and modern communication as well as the mechanism of socialmedia impact on young people in both cognitive and research aspects This studyalso contributes to the mass media's theoretical reasoning system at

Vietnam, especially the research on the impact of modern communication

Moreover, the thesis addresses the challenges that traditional press must haveface and propose orientations for the development of traditional newspapers

in the context of social media is strongly affecting the public group

2.2.3.Thesis: “Behavior of Using Social Network of Student at Hai Duong

University” ( Nguyen,2018)

On the basis of theoretical and practical research on the use of social networks

by students of Hai Duong University, the dissertation proposes somerecommendations to help students use social networks more reasonably.Especially:Chapter 1 has studied the rationale for research Through the process ofresearching documents, the author has presented some basic concepts of the topicsuch as the concept of behavior, characteristics, expression level, types of behavior

At the same time, the topic also pointed out the subjective and objective factorsaffecting the behavior of using students' social media.The final content the authorpresent in this chapter is the concept and expressions of behavior of using the socialmedia of students as shown by specific external actions such as time, frequency aswell as sharing content of student.During the study, the author has collectedinformation and distributed the questionnaires through practice as an importantbasis for building the theoretical basis, the research tool set of the topic.The results

of practical research show that most students of Hai Duong University have use behavior of social media, expressed through different levels of time in thefrequency of using a lot of social networks in a day has occupied most of the time ofthe day for students, there is no time for other things, there are many content posted

high-as well high-as the content of students sharing on the social network sites with thepurpose of expressing themselves

There are many factors that affect the behavior of using social media ofstudents at Hai Duong University, in which the subjective factor that have mostclearly affects is the "awareness, attitude and psychological characteristics ofstudents' ages" The most obvious objective factor is “living environment, materialconditions Contrast, factor selected by students at least that is "motive for usingsocial media" and "living conditions of students" In which, subjective factorsgreatly affect the behavior of using social media of students more

The research results also showed that Hai Duong University students werealso aware of the concept of social networks, the role of social media reflected insharing good content, highly appreciated by the community However, in theinvestigation process, there are still some students who are not aware of the socialnetwork, which leads to misleading and inappropriate behaviors.