Virgiyanti, Diska Fatima (2021) The Use of Social Media to Enhance Students’ English Language Skill. In: The Use of Social Media to Enhance Students’ English Language Skill, 17-18 September 2021, Universitas Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta.

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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.

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