Ittishal Educational Research Journal
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): Ittishal Educational Research Journal

Social Media Based EFL Learning: Opportunities and Challenges

Hisyam Nur Ahmad Latif (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2021

Abstract

The growth of communication medium from traditional oral, as in face to face interaction, or written communication, as in letters, to the era of social media where people can communicate wirelessly without having to meet in person change the way people communicate with each other. Social media has become personal necessities for almost every person in order to communicate with their peers, acquaintance, friends, and families. It becomes unseparated part of human life. Thus, social media not only has affected people’s personal life, such as interacting with families, friends, and spouses for personal purposes but also their professional life. Mainstream social media platforms provide unlimited amount of information to language learning that change how human acquire information around them. This paper discusses the paradigm shift in education, the positive and negative effects of using social media as a language learning tool, and the conceptual framework in social media based teaching.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ierj

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Ittishal Educational Research Journal is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed journal published twice a year in January and July. It is a flagship journal of International Islamic School Alliance which features articles that advance empirical, theoretical and methodological understanding of ...