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.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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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
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