The Use of Instagram to Increase Students’ Motivation and Students’ Competence in Learning English
- DOI
- 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.103How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Instagram, Indonesian school of Jeddah, motivation
- Abstract
Social media is a part of modern people lifestyle in Industrial Revolution 4.0. Furthermore, it has started to be utilized in education field as one of the learning media, for example, Instagram. It is widely known among social media users. Several studies have proved positive impacts on the use of social media in developing students’ English skills. However, the studies about Instagram, specifically in relation to English lesson at schools are limited. Thus, using a case study method, this study is conducted to describe the use of Instagram to develop students’ motivation and to enhance their English knowledge and skills. The participants are students in an Indonesian school of Jeddah. They come from various background yet they are lack of motivation. Results indicate Instagram has succeeded in motivating students to learn English and improving their English competence. The materials preferred are those relate to grammar, vocabulary, and writing.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Hanip Pujiati AU - Zahra AU - Ellis Tamela PY - 2019/08 DA - 2019/08 TI - The Use of Instagram to Increase Students’ Motivation and Students’ Competence in Learning English BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 651 EP - 656 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.103 DO - 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.103 ID - Pujiati2019/08 ER -