How Language Learners Use Social Media To Learn English:A Qualitative Research Method

SOE, Maria Afronia (2023) How Language Learners Use Social Media To Learn English:A Qualitative Research Method. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira Kupang.

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Abstract

This study is entitled “How Language Learners Use Social Media to Learn English: A Qualitative Research Method”. It aims to find out (1) What kinds of social media platforms are mostly used by EFL students in learning English; (2) How do EFL students make use of social media platforms in learning English. The subject of the study was the students of English Education Study Program of Widya Mandira Catholic University, Kupang. This study used a descriptive qualitative method, with the instruments being a questionnaire and interviews to collect data. The questionnaire was given to all students of the English education study program, but only 25 students filled out the questionnaire, which was then used as a sample in this study, while for interviews 8 people were taken from the participants who had filled out the questionnaire. The results of this study show that the types of social media that are often used by EFL students at Widya Mandira Catholic University are YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. They use these three social media with various English learning activities, such as learning about grammar, vocabulary, and the use of accents in English, to improve the 4 basic skills. In improving English language skills, they use social media by watching movies, listening to songs, watching speech videos, and doing questions given by the learning content which are all related to English. In addition, from the results of students' answers to the questionnaire, the researcher found that students also have difficulties with the network which requires them to be able to find a place with a good network and some of them download the learning materials first. Some of them also often have difficulty understanding material from one social media source, so they use other social media that are easier for them to understand. From the results of the study, the researcher has several suggestions: (1) The researcher hopes that the results of this study can be a benchmark to help lecturers in managing the teaching and learning process with social media, after seeing students' interest in utilizing social media to learn English based on this study. (2) Students should try and use social media efficiently to learn English. (3) The researcher recommends future researchers conduct similar research by exploring other aspects of social media users to add to the theory driving the importance of social media use in English language learning today so that it can be utilized better, both for teaching staff and students.

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