THE STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF USING INSTAGRAM TOWARD VOCABULARY MASTERY

Puji Handayani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Lampung)
Dyah Sih Pratiwi (Universitas Muhammadiyah Lampung)

EXPOSE (Journal of English Education and for Specific Purpose) google scholar
Vol 1, No 1 (2023): EXPOSE (Journal of English Education and for Specific Purpose)

The purpose of this research is to find out whether Instagram has a positive impact on English vocabulary learning. The method used in this research is a qualitative method. The results show that 75% of students’ perception agree that writing captions in Instagram could help students in vocabulary mastery, this is consistent by the data 40% of students strongly agree with statement that students want to learn English vocabulary in order to create an English caption. The researcher’s conclusion that Instagram as a media for English learning has a positive impact on students' vocabulary ability at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung.