Saranya, V M (2020) IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING, 10 (8). pp. 92-100. ISSN 2347-7180

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Abstract

Social media is emerging in various forms to bring all the people around the world
interlinked each other. It plays an indispensable role in fostering interest in learning English
as a foreign language by providing a broad range of authentic materials. Both internet and
social media have a strong impact on the preferred learning styles of young learners from
non native English speaking countries who are eager to learn the language. In the present
global scenario of pandemic outbreak, when all the lives are stuck inside the domicile, social
media can influence the language learners in an enormous standard since millions of people
breathe on it. This article tries to illustrate how social media has influenced teaching and
learning English at the present scenario. There is no controversy in using social media as a
learning platform since it has already been integrated into an informal education system for
decades. Language teachers have changed their roles into ‘facilitators’ by adhering to such
innovative practices in the teaching learning process. The role of a facilitator is to create a
stress-free learning environment and to promote more group activities. The social media
helps the language instructors to stay connected with their students around the world and to
stay updated in the teaching field. It is the right time to reconsider the roles of teachers and
learners as the elevated impact of social media on education, since it is now inevitably
integrated to our daily lives. This research study proves that social interaction through social
media is a stimulus for the language learners to develop their communication skills.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Social Media, Communication skills, English Language Teaching, Social Interaction
Divisions: PSG College of Arts and Science > Department of English
Depositing User: Mr Team Mosys
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2024 07:41
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2024 07:41
URI: https://ir.psgcas.ac.in/id/eprint/2283

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