Exploring The Influence of Cyber Language on Language Education

Previous studies have found that Cyber Language (CL) impacts the Language acquisition of English as Foreign Language (EFL) students. This study, which included 50 Chinese academic undergraduates who lived or studied in an English-speaking environment, examined the sources of CL’s influence on EFL students’ language acquisition and students’ attitudes toward CL as well as approaches to integrating it into pedagogy design. Using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, the researcher discovered that CL is derived from online chat and has a dual effect (positive and negative) on EFL students’ language acquisition. Nevertheless, only a small number of studies demonstrated how CL is integrated into pedagogy design. This study examined the sources of CL’s influence on EFL students’ language acquisition and students’ attitudes toward CL. The participants in this study were 50 Chinese academic undergraduates who lived or studied in an English-speaking environment. Through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, the researcher found that CL is derived from online chat and has a dual effect (positive and negative) on EFL students’ language acquisition. Based on this conclusion, the researcher analyzed past literature and interviews with respondents and concluded that educators could integrate CL into pedagogy designs in the following ways: 1) Systematic and theoretical explanation, 2) Use the informality of CL for vocabulary learning, 3) Constantly update the vocabulary choice of CL in the design. It should be noted that the experimental results need to be further confirmed, considering the small sample size and the potential impact of the questionnaire design order on the respondents, etc.