EXPLORING THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ENGLISH LEARNING: A STUDY ON L2 LEARNERS AT TERTIARY LEVEL

Social media help people to do interact and communicate easily. Social media is known today by looking at the times as online platforms that are widely developed. The development of technology and the internet expands social media networks. Over the years of internet development, many platforms have been created. There are a wide variety of platforms and each has a different utility. With the range of content available on social media, people are starting to learn through social media. This research aims to exploring the use of social media for English learning for learners at university or tertiary level. This study using quantitative design with 38 scaled-Likert questionnaires for collecting and analyzing the data from students. The result showed YouTube is the most used social media for learning English. TikTok and Instagram at the second place of social media used for learning English. Students get opportunity from social media to expand their vocabulary and practice reading and listening more than other English language skills. Further, students feel social media helps on listening, vocabulary, and communication skills developments the most. This research implies some educational implications of some of these technologies as a useful resource for teaching and learning.