Students’ Perspectives on Social Media Usage for Learning English

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to identify the students’ perspectives of using social media for learning English in the one of English Education Department, University in Yogyakarta. The design of the research is using quantitative approach in a form of survey study. This study employed purposive sampling technique to get data. The total sample is 24 students from batch 2024. The data were collected by adapted instrument from Nouf Aloraini & Walcir Cardoso (2020) which consist of students’ perspectives on social media usage for learning English. Originally the instrument consists of 26 items, there were 3 items invalid, therefore the valid items were 23. The data was analyzed by using the SPSS program. The result shows that majority of students frequently use platforms such as TikTok (87.5%), Instagram (50%), and WhatsApp (62.5%) to improve their English skills, particularly in listening, reading, speaking, and writing grammar, vocabulary. The implication of this research is that social media is a helpful tool for enhancing English language learning. Educators and educational institutions should think about integrating learning resource like Instagram and TikTok into their lesson plan. Most students agreed that social media makes learning more enjoyable and accessible. Social media that they use the most for listening skill and vocabulary are TikTok, for writing is WhatsApp, and last but not least for speaking is WhatsApp.