Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia

Social media use in learning English offers unlimited benefits for English learners as it allows collaboration, communication, and resource sharing among its users. However, there has been little information on EFL student teachers’ lived experiences of using social media for learning English, espec...

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Main Authors: Nova Lingga Pitaloka, Hesti Wahyuni Anggraini, Armilia Sari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang 2021-06-01
Series:Ta'dib
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Online Access:https://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/tadib/article/view/7042
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description Social media use in learning English offers unlimited benefits for English learners as it allows collaboration, communication, and resource sharing among its users. However, there has been little information on EFL student teachers’ lived experiences of using social media for learning English, especially in Islamic University in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to delve EFL student teachers‘ perceived experiences of using social media for learning English. This study employed qualitative inquiry, especially phenomenology. There were 10 pre-service EFL student teachers who voluntarily became participants of the study which were recruited by using purposive sampling. Data collection used interview and documentation. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively with several steps, namely preparing and organizing the data for analysis, exploring and coding the data, building description and themes, representing and reporting qualitative findings, interpreting the findings, and validating the accuracy of the findings. The findings showed that students employed some ways of learning English through social media. This study also provides some implications for future research, students, and educators.
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spelling doaj.art-648f930d3cae449ea11ad46edb70fbf42024-04-01T13:37:58ZengUniversitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah PalembangTa'dib1410-69732443-25122021-06-0126110.19109/td.v26i1.70427042Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in IndonesiaNova Lingga Pitaloka0Hesti Wahyuni Anggraini1Armilia Sari2English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas SriwijayaUniversitas Sriwijaya PalembangUniversitas Sriwijaya PalembangSocial media use in learning English offers unlimited benefits for English learners as it allows collaboration, communication, and resource sharing among its users. However, there has been little information on EFL student teachers’ lived experiences of using social media for learning English, especially in Islamic University in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to delve EFL student teachers‘ perceived experiences of using social media for learning English. This study employed qualitative inquiry, especially phenomenology. There were 10 pre-service EFL student teachers who voluntarily became participants of the study which were recruited by using purposive sampling. Data collection used interview and documentation. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively with several steps, namely preparing and organizing the data for analysis, exploring and coding the data, building description and themes, representing and reporting qualitative findings, interpreting the findings, and validating the accuracy of the findings. The findings showed that students employed some ways of learning English through social media. This study also provides some implications for future research, students, and educators. https://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/tadib/article/view/7042EFL student teachersLearning englishQualitativeSocial MediaTechnology
spellingShingle Nova Lingga Pitaloka
Hesti Wahyuni Anggraini
Armilia Sari
Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia
Ta'dib
EFL student teachers
Learning english
Qualitative
Social Media
Technology
title Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia
title_full Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia
title_fullStr Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia
title_short Learning English through Social Media: Experiences of EFL Student Teachers at One Islamic University in Indonesia
title_sort learning english through social media experiences of efl student teachers at one islamic university in indonesia
topic EFL student teachers
Learning english
Qualitative
Social Media
Technology
url https://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/tadib/article/view/7042
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