Social Media and teaching and learning French as foreign language

The aim of this master thesis entitled Social Media and teaching and learning French as a foreign language is to find the elements which connect teaching and learning French as a foreign language and social media. The theoretical part is based on the definitions of foreign language didactics and teaching French as a foreign language. It describes in detail the current approaches in teaching foreign languages and competencies suggested by the Common European Framework of Reference for languages and Framework Education Programme of the Czech Republic. Then, social media are introduced theoretically. The theoretical introduction is followed by the presentation of concrete social networks and the statistics of their use. The next chapter is dedicated to communication which unifies these so far separated fields of the diploma thesis. Finally, the thesis summarizes the potential and the dangers of social media for teaching and learning French. The practical part focuses on the analysis of selected French coursebooks and enumerates the examples of online communication and social media in these teaching resources. Then, a list of educational profiles on social media is presented. This is accompanied by profiles that are not educational at first, but their content can be used for teaching and learning..