scholarly journals Perceived Effectiveness of Social Media as an English Language Learning Tool

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanan Ismail K Kutubkhanah Alsaied
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Learning Tool

scholarly journals Peran Media Sosial Instagram sebagai Strategi Menjaga Eksistensi Bahasa Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Salsabila
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
National Language ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Language is a medium that is used to convey information both orally or in writing from one individual to another individual. In Indonesia we use Indonesian as a national language and unifying language of our nation. However, over time, Indonesian language began to experience a shift in its use and was replaced by English. Language learning can also be obtained through social media namely Instagram. The main purpose of this article is to identify the role of social media Instagram as a strategy to maintain the existence of Indonesian language. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative approach from the account @bahasbahasa_. Based on the research, the data taken from the account @ bahasbahasa_ turns out that Instagram plays a role in improving the existence of Indonesian language. This is evident from some of his submissions which show how the Indonesian language is used properly and correctly. Data is classified based on the type of content sent by the account, namely the use of punctuation, standard words, and affixes. With the existence of this article, the researcher hopes that readers can find out the role of the Instagram in maintaining the existence of the language and using the best instagram for learning.

Learning English as a Second Language through Social Media: Saudi Arabian Tertiary Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Ali Al Mubarak
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Saudi Arabian Students ◽  
Learning English

This paper aims to identify the role of social media in learning English as a second language among Saudi Arabian students. Four year students majoring B A in English at Al Ardh college of Science and Arts for girls in Jazan University were identified as the participants of this study. The instrument of this study is a comprehensive questionnaire, which is constructed in order to explore the students’ perceptions and attitudes on using social media for English language learning. It is found that majority of the participants use social media to enhance their communication skills. Moreover, the result revealed that collaborative learning that are embedded in a social media may help improve learning activities which in turn leads to the success of learning English as a second language. Apart from that, some of the problems encountered when using social media and combined group work in the learning and teaching of English as a second language at Tertiary level are also highlighted. Most importantly, the students agreed that social media has by and large affected in their English language learning skills. 

scholarly journals THE ROLE PLAYED BY FACEBOOK IN DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-22
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Facebook Use ◽  
Highly Effective ◽  
English Language Skills

This study investigates students’ perceptions about the use of Facebook as a popular forum of social media in relation to learning English as a foreign language. Their approaches while using Facebook and the nature of Facebook have also been examined. Data were collected from sixty-five undergraduate students through the tool of questionnaire. Findings suggest that Facebook use is highly effective in developing students’ different skills and areas of English language. Some of the possible threats to students’ proficiency have also been pointed out. The study concludes that students on the whole are positive about the advantages in English language learning while using Facebook. Facebook is not only use for messages, and talking but get something new for learning.

scholarly journals Student Perspective in Using Social Media As a Tool in English Language Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
SYOFIANIS ISMAIL ◽  
Marhamah Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Zaim ◽  
Mukhaiyar Mukhaiyar ◽  
Nurhizrah Gistituati
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
General Information ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Faculty Of Education

Abstract—Learning a foreign language by using social media at the University level is very important because social media has great potential to support student-centered learning as they are flexible, interactive, and resource–rich in nature. One of its drawbacks is the quality of online instruction that lead to unfavorable perception and perspective of the students. The objectives of this research are to analyze the students’ perceptions and perspectives in using Social Media as a tool in English Language learning. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from the students of the English Study Program, Faculty of Education, the Islamic University of Riau. Research finding revealed that social media is very practical and useful for getting general information, knowledge and to increase their language competency. Keywords — social media, perspective, language

English language learning and social media: Schematic learning on Kpop Stan twitter

2020 ◽  
pp. 204275302096458
Author(s):  
Zunera Malik ◽  
Sham Haidar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Online Interaction ◽  
Learning Aids ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Native English Speaking ◽  
Tv Show

The recent years have observed a notable rise in online activities and interactions. One of the popular online interaction zones are fandom communities comprising fans of any artist, band, TV show, movie, book, and so on. These fans come together on various platforms to enthuse about their favorites with people who share their admiration and interests. One such platform is Twitter and the fandom community is Stan Twitter. Within those fandoms, K-Pop fandom stands out because of the density of English as a second or foreign language speakers in this community. Taking this community as its sample, this study explores the ways in which the non-native English speaking fandom members use English to communicate on this platform. Moreover, the study focuses on the interpretation and usage of meme discourse by these non-native English speaking members. The findings reveal that the fandom members learn memetic discourse by internalizing it in the form of schemas, which means that they learn the whole chunk of interaction rather than learning individual words. The study has also explored overall language-learning within this community, and has discussed the implications of fandom activities as potential learning aids.

scholarly journals The Analysis of “Anak Pintar Seri English? No Problem!” For English Language Learning

K ta Kita ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Rika Hendryani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Supporting Material

The present study is aimed to find out the extent to which Anak Pintar seri English? No Problem! meet the 10 principles for designing video games for foreign learning proposed by Purushotma, Thorne, and Wheatley (2009). This study is a qualitative research that took the writers approximately 5 hours to play. The findings of this study show that Anak Pintar seri English? No Problem! matches 5 principles, for example, the principles of “content organized around tasks” and “metalinguistic descriptions and terminology presented as a supporting material”. The result of this study hopefully would be beneficial to the studies of video games for foreign language learning and for those that wish to evaluate or use video games as a learning tool.

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