La Parole : Journal of Language Teaching and Pedagogy
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): La Parole : Journal of Language Teaching and Pedagogy

The library research ; the effectiveness of social media on EFL learners speaking skill

Nur, Ardila Angriani (Unknown)
Larekeng, Siti Hajar (Unknown)
Sianna, Sianna (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Sep 2021

Abstract

ABSTRACT Social media is a tool of information and communication technology used by people to communicate online. There are many kinds of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, etc. Due to the pandemic in the last two years, students and teachers use virtual or online learning which uses several applications or social media sites. The purpose of this research is to help the EFL learners’ to find out what type of social media is most effectively used for speaking skill. The method used in this study is a qualitative approach with a library research method, there are 15 articles compared in this study with a time span of the last 6 years. The results of this study, based on 15 articles that have been reviewed, show that all types of social media when used in learning English are effective. In this case it is said to be effective based on the type of learning and the skills learned but the researcher found that the most popular social media and most often used by EFL to improve their speaking skill in the last 6 years is the YouTube application.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

laparole

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The aims of this journal is to provide a venue for researchers, academicians and practitioners for publishing the original articles or review articles. The main focus of the journal is on language teaching and pedagogy work. We are particularly interested on Language and Teaching Methodologies, ...