What is Ning? Ning a Social network to promote students’ communication in English by Gladys Fuentes Camargo, English teacher level 2, 4, 5 ( legal English) Working with social networks our students can encourage their communication in English, for this reason some English teachers of Autonoma University have decided to create a virtual community in order to support the real English classes with videos and other important resources in one social network called “Ning�. Although, Ning is a social platform, we are trying to implement their use as an e-portfolio because it can offer many benefits in our students for instance: It provides a personal online space where they can gather, organize and access a great variety of resources needed for them according to their strengths and weaknesses. This social platform allows students to keep on contact with their teachers all the time, to support each other in the development of their learning processes, and to practice the different topics and grammar functions seen in each class and also exchange information with their classmates. Finally, I have noticed with this virtual community when my students keep on working in autonomous way in Ning platform, they become confidence, improve their vocabulary, pay attention to the employ of some rules and use new expression when they want to express their opinions, thoughts or create their virtual works to the English Class. It is an excellent tool.
Techer: Gladys Fuentes