There is a need to explore English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ interactions with
their teachers in social networking media, as interactions that directly relate to the linguistic,
social, and cognitive development of learners have not been examined within the
EFL learning process. Thus, in the context of Turkish EFL learners’ perceptions, this study
aims to examine the level of EFL learners’ interactions with their teachers on the social
networking service Facebook and to determine the relationship between the level of their
interaction and the variables of age, gender, and year of study. The sample group of the
study consisted of 121 EFL learners at a Turkish state university. Before the frequencies,
mean scores, standard deviations, t-test and analysis of variance were computed, a background
questionnaire was administered that assessed the degree of their perception of
these interactions. The results indicated that Turkish EFL students prefer passive behaviors
regarding their interactions with their teachers and that age, gender and year of study are
significantly correlated with some of the items in the scale. It is recommended that further
research focus on factors that may impact the level of interaction between teachers and
learners and on the perceptions of student–teacher interaction on Facebook from the
teachers’ perspectives.