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The Use of Social Media to Enhance Students’ English Language Skill
Abstract
The growth of technology has impacted to almost all sectors including education.
It is a common phenomenon where people use technology in their life and it cannot
be separated with the use of social media integrated in teaching and learning
process. This study aims to review some previous studies and theories related to the
impact of social media to enhance students’ English skills for students. As it is
known, English is the standard language of 53 countries and more than 44.000
people talking with English language. The rapid growth of technology has impact
to the improvement of English skills, especially in this Covid-19 pandemic.
Students learn mostly uses online platform to study such as E-mail, Google Meet,
Zoom, Google Classroom, etc. It is found that students face difficulties in learning
English through online learning. The massive use of social medias give impact to
students’ English skills. Social media provides faster and more update news for the
people and it is also easy to be accessed by everyone, including students. The social
media used in online teaching and learning are such as Telegram, WhatsApp,
Facebook, YouTube, etc. After reviewing some theories and previous studies, it can
be concluded that social media is able to enhance students’ English skills in fun
way when it is implemented in classroom setting.
Publication Details
EventThe Use of Social Media to Enhance Students’ English Language Skill
LocationUniversitas Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta
Date17-18 September 2021
Item ID2836
Deposited26 Jul 2023 03:23