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

Ismail, Syofianis; Zaim, M.; Mukhaiyar, Mukhaiyar

doi:10.2991/icoie-18.2019.106

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“…The present study also revealed that the participants developed new vocabulary by reading English posts, and captions, listening to English videos, and chatting in English. It is in line with a study conducted by Ismail et al (2018) that there were 67 % of student respondents stated that social media has improved their vocabulary through many ways. In this respect, Benidir (2017) explains that Social media can help in learning and teaching vocabulary and can be incorporated into learners' life which can facilitate learners to develop their vocabulary knowledge.…”

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“…Nasrullah and Khan (2019) in their study reported that students beleived by using social media, they noticed some improvement on their communication skills and they could have conversation with other people at any time. In addition students are in favor of using social media as it helps them learn to improve their English skills due the fact that it is accessible and handy (Ismail et al, 2018).…”

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“…Using this theoritical assumption, social media can be used as tool to learn English. In addition, in a study conducted by Ismail et al (2018) in Indonesia, students reported that using social media as a means of English learning offered them numerous learning sources and an easy accessibility regardless of time and places. Furthermore, Depew (2011) suggests that social media can promote power of speech as it users can have online talk about numerous topics with native and other second language speakers.…”

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Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia

Pitaloka,

Anggraini,

Sari

2021

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Social media use in learning English offers unlimited benefits for English learners as it allows collaboration, communication, and resource sharing among its users. However, there has been little information on EFL student teachers’ lived experiences of using social media for learning English, especially in Islamic University in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to delve EFL student teachers‘ perceived experiences of using social media for learning English. This study employed qualitative inquiry, especially phenomenology. There were 10 pre-service EFL student teachers who voluntarily became participants of the study which were recruited by using purposive sampling. Data collection used interview and documentation. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively with several steps, namely preparing and organizing the data for analysis, exploring and coding the data, building description and themes, representing and reporting qualitative findings, interpreting the findings, and validating the accuracy of the findings. The findings showed that students employed some ways of learning English through social media. This study also provides some implications for future research, students, and educators.

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Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia

Pitaloka,

Anggraini,

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2021

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“…Whereas, according to Ismail(2019), he found that there were 74% of the respondents agree that the inculcation of social media within the classroom context established positive consequences on the learning activity. Consequently, by referring to Alnatsheh, (2018), the researchers have concluded that SNSs, have huge positive consequences for the educational process, and that flexibility can be achieved.…”

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Undergraduates Student Perceptions’ of Social Networking Sites to Improve English Writing Skills in Malaysia

Azlan

Yunus²

2020

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This article presents the perception of the use of SNSs in improving English writing skills among undergraduates' students. English writing skills are among the most critical skills that every level of the student requires to empower. However, it was discoverable that university students particularly still facing trouble in English writing. Therefore, this study is to investigate the students' perception in the use of SNSs in improving English writing skills and also to identify the students' SNSs preferences to practice English writing. As to garner the data, survey questionnaires were distributed comprises of open-ended and close-ended sections that were distributed among 118 undergraduate students. The respondents were ESL learners from different faculty from

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“…Social media can be in the form of audio sharing applications, blogging applications, micro-blogging applications, social networking services, voice over the internet, academic networking sites, and others (Chisenga, Kedemi, & Sam, 2014). With the saturation of social media into students' daily life, many experts and researchers have explored the use of social media for teaching and learning, including language learning (Anggraeni, 2018;Boholano, 2017;Hamadeh, Bahous, Diab, & Nabhani, 2020;Lau, 2018;Mondahl & Razmerita, 2014;Wu & Marek, 2018) and English language learning (Alwehaibi, 2015;Espinosa, 2015;Ismail, Ahmad, Zaim, Mukhaiyar, & Gistituati, 2019;Listiani, Suwastini, Dantes, Adnyani, & Jayantini, 2021).…”

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Telegram as Social Networking Service (SNS) For Enhancing Students’ English: A Systematic Review

Citrawati

Suwastini

Jayantini

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<em>Social Networking Services (SNS) has become part of English learning, providing educators and students with free service and wide usage applicable to synchronous and asynchronous instruction. This study intended to critically review previous studies on the use of Telegram as one of the SNS platforms for enhancing students' reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Following George’s (2008) Literature Reviews model, 20 manuscripts were reviewed. The selection was taken from reputable International Journals indexed by Scopus quartile 1, 2, and 3, published between 2016-2020. It was revealed that Telegram is argued to have positively affect the students' four language skills in learning English. Telegram is claimed to benefit the students in terms of vocabulary, reading comprehension, content, and organization in writing, grammar, language style, pronunciation, and listening comprehension. Experts highlighted the relaxed and informal nature of Telegram as SNS to be one of the main factors that contributed positively to students' reduced anxiety and raised motivation in learning. Reflecting on those positive effects of Telegram on students' scholastics progress, the present study implies that Telegram may be an alternative for online learning and extensive learning of English.</em>

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

Cited by 7 publications

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Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia

Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia

Undergraduates Student Perceptions’ of Social Networking Sites to Improve English Writing Skills in Malaysia

Telegram as Social Networking Service (SNS) For Enhancing Students’ English: A Systematic Review

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