DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the discussion of research findings related to the purpose of the research stated in the first chapter, namely what types of social media are most often accessed as the platforms for learning speaking by the students and what roles do social media have on improving students‘ speaking skill at UIN Mataram. The informants are
from the students of UIN Mataram. The researcher obtained the data through observation, interview and documentation. The data obtained in the form of observation, interview results and the form of documentation or photo during the process of completing this research. The present research is a qualitative descriptive, so the answer of the problem statements also will be explained here based on the analysis of the data.
Furthermore, the finding will be discussed with the relevant references from the related research with this research and from the experts to justify the research findings on what types of social media that often used by the students for improving skill in digital era and the role of social media as the platforms to improve students‘ speaking skill in digital era.
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A. Types of Social Media That Most Often Accessed as the Platforms for Learning Speaking by the Students
Based on the results of interviews conducted, researcher found that all students use social media as their platform in learning speaking outside of class. There are several types of social media that were most often used by students as platforms to improve their speaking skills and with various strategies and some of the advantages and disadvantages of social media that they can get. In addition, the role each platform has also plays an important role in improving students' speaking skills.
After conducting interviews with students majoring in English, the researcher then analyzed the data before presenting the organized data.
Finally, this study found that on average students use YouTube and Instagram social media more as platforms for learning and improving their speaking skills. Apart from that, some students also use Whatsapp, Tik- Tok, Facebook, Telegram and Spotify as their platforms to learn to improve speaking skills. This is of course in line with the results of a previous study that this type of social media can improve students' speaking skills. This is of course also in line with a study by Ariantini et.
al, which states that through diverse exercises that matched the capabilities offered by the relevant social media, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook,
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Instagram, and Twitter have all been regularly used as English learning resources103. Riswandi also mentioned that there was an increase in students' speaking skills when learning using YouTube.104 In addition, Azlan et al, stated that Instagram can encourage students to practice speaking English and boost their desire in doing so, while also enhancing their speaking abilities.105
It is also in line with Rini‘s study, who also stated that in the twenty-first century, learning mediums other than books are provided through the educational system. Internet resources like Youtube and Instagram provide access to educational media. Instagram and Youtube are used by Akbid Karya Bunda Husada pupils to practice their English.
Most people, according to perception, firmly concur that using Instagram and Youtube as learning resources to advance their English language abilities is entertaining and simple. English is helpful to their expertise in a number of ways, including gaining insight into discoveries, adding insight from English literature or learning resources, self-actualization, improving
103 Kadek Puspa Ariantini et al., ―Integrating Social Media into English Language Learning: How and to What Benefits According to Recent Studies,‖ NOBEL:
Journal of Literature and Language Teaching 12, no. 1 (2021): 91–111.
104 Diki Riswandi, ―Use of YouTube-Based Videos to Improve Students‘
Speaking Skill,‖ in Proceeding of the International Conference on Teacher Training and Education, vol. 2, 2016, 298–306.
105 Nurul Afifah Binti Azlan, Sakinah Binti Zakaria, and Melor Md Yunus,
―Integrative Task-Based Learning: Developing Speaking Skill and Increase Motivation via Instagram,‖ International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2019): 620–636.
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services, providing the opportunity to achieve a brilliant career, communicating, and having the chance to develop themselves in a wider context.106
So based on the findings from the research, the researcher concluded that the types of social media most frequently used by students in improving speaking skills where six students used YouTube and followed by two students also used Tik-Tok and Instagram that often used for learning speaking.
B. The Roles of Social Media on Improving Students' Speaking Skills at UIN Mataram
Research related to the use of social media as a learning medium to improve speaking has been carried out by several experts and the results have been very positive. In this study, the researcher found that social media has a role in improving students' speaking skills, namely that social media provides various distinct features which can then be easily accessed by its users. Researcher found that social media provides features such as videos, content, voice messages, direct access to anyone and anywhere, and other features so that with this, students can practice directly and at
106 Puput Puspito Rini, ―THE ROLE OF USING IG AND YOUTUBE AS MEDIA TO EXPLORE THE ENGLISH ABILITY OF AKBID BY BUNDA HUSADA BUNDA HUSADA STUDENTS,‖ JURNAL ILMIAH GLOBAL EDUCATION 4, no. 1 (2023): 240–246.
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the same time improve their speaking skills. This is in line with Lapele who stated that the use of social media as a medium for learning speaking has a positive influence, namely as means of communication that is in high demand, as an interactive trigger tool and student motivation, and as a collaborative tool.107
Premana et. al, stated that the implementation of learning using video blog media can be used for students in understanding reading, tutoring and speaking learning material, so that it can result in an increase in understanding of English.108 This study also found that on average students apply the same thing in using social media as a platform to learn and improve their speaking skills by watching videos and then practicing the material they get.
The results of this study also in line with Indrastana and Rinda study where YouTube vlogs for teaching-learning speaking may be used to integrate mobile-assisted language learning. Teachers may utilize the YouTube vlog implementation as a teaching technique in which they present a topic, allow students to produce their own vlogs, and use the already-existing vlogs on YouTube as genuine speaking teaching-learning materials. Students are urged to do peer and self-assessments in order to
107 Fitria Lapele, ―E-Learnig: Pemanfaatan Media Sosial Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Esp Speaking‖ (2019).
108 Premana, Ubaedillah, and Pratiwi, ―Peran Video Blog Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Dalam Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Bahasa Inggris.‖
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fully use the use of YouTube vlogs in teaching and learning speaking.
This way, they may not only practice speaking by making vlogs but also learn how to evaluate or examine their own work. The use of YouTube vlogs in learning speaking may have positive effects on students' engagement, confidence, and ability to communicate in English, as well as on their ability to be creative and think critically.109
Besides, Jhon and Yunus in their study emphasized the numerous social media tools that students can use and are familiar with, and used those tools to aid students in developing their speaking abilities. The research that were looked at also showed the influence or advantages of social media applications that assisted students in lowering their speaking fear, boosting their speaking confidence, and simultaneously increasing their motivation to utilize the language. This demonstrates how social media's affordances make it a flexible, helpful tool for assisting educators in becoming knowledge creators and brokers rather than only information or knowledge providers.110
To sum up, social media has various advantages in that social media can be utilized by its users in improving speaking skills in today's
109 Nodistya Septian Indrastana and Renata Kenanga Rinda, ―The Implementation of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning through YouTube Vlogging to Boost Students‘ Speaking Performance,‖ in The First International Conference on Social Science, Humanity, and Public Health (Icoship 2020) (Atlantis Press, 2021), 50–54.
110 Emily John and Melor Md Yunus, ―A Systematic Review of Social Media Integration to Teach Speaking,‖ Sustainability 13, no. 16 (2021): 9047.
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era. By watching videos and then practicing the material or content they get on social media, the students got more interest, confident to practice speaking and at the same time their speaking skills can be improved.
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CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
The findings and recommendations or suggestion from this study are presented in this chapter. The research's findings and the discussion that described the previous chapter were used to draw the conclusion. The advice was intended for English students, English instructors, and upcoming scholars.
A. Conclusion
The present research is about the role of social media as the platforms to improve students‘ speaking skill in digital era. The researcher
revealed some findings according to the purpose of the research, namely what types of social media are most often accessed as the platforms to improve speaking skill for the students, and what roles do media social have on improving students‘ speaking skill at UIN Mataram. The
informants are from the students of English Department of UIN Mataram.
The researcher obtained the data through interview and documentation.
The information gathered in the form of the findings from student interviews and student in the form of a document photos. The current research is a qualitative descriptive, so the answer of the problem statements are explained here based on the analysis of the data.
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After conducting the research and analyzing the data, this research finally found that social media like YouTube, Tik-Tok and instagram are most frequently accessed by the students as their platforms to improve speaking skill. The students are really enjoyed when they use those social media for learning speaking. Besides that, social media also provide a lot of fun and related needs for the students so that‘s why students can
improve their speaking skill in this digital era. Besides YouTube, there are also some social media used by the students such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Tik-Tok, Telegram and Spotify.
Furthermore, based on the result of this study, the researcher conclude that the role of social media as the platforms to improve students‘ speaking is that from the supported tools that provided in the
social media such as video, message voice, chat box, and the ease of the users to looking for someone from anywhere. So the students will be easy to practice anytime and anywhere and by that way the students can improve their speaking skill. The researcher also conclude that there are three categories of the roles of social media have on improving students speaking skill namely, means of communication, interactive trigger tool and collaborative tool. In addition, by watching the video related to the speaking skill, practice through social media is the strategy used by the students on improving their speaking skill.
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Based on the discussion of research, the researcher presents several suggestions for the English learners, English lecturers, and future researchers.
1. English Learners
This research is expected to be useful for English learners and also expected as a reference that as the English learners, the use of social media for learning speaking in this era is very effective related to this study. The use of social media for learns speaking is quite fun, practical, and easy to use anytime and anywhere we want. The students will be easy and enjoy and can increase the confidence to practice speaking, so that way the speaking skill will be increased.
2. English Lectures
For the English lectures, it is important to compare that social media and conventional method can be applied to the students in learning speaking process. As the lectures or the tutor of English, it can be effective solution in teaching speaking to the students because the various kinds of students‘ characteristic. The combination of social media and conventional method will be the best solution to improve students speaking skill because all of the students use the social media in this era. Beside that, the
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students also will be more confident when the learning process carried out through social media.
3. Future Researchers
To those who are interested with this topic, the researcher hopes the future researcher will conduct a better and deeper research related to the social media as the platforms to improve speaking skill in the digital era.
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX 1. OBSERVATION RESULTS No Aspect of Observation Description
1 Types of social media are most often accessed by the students to improve speaking skill
Many students use application that provided the videos in it such as YouTube or similar application as the platforms to learn and improve speaking skill.
2 How they use social media as the platforms in improving speaking skill
When they open the social media for learning speaking, they watch the video that related to the speaking and after they watch the video, sometimes they practice to speak directly and they feel more confident to practice.
3 The advantages of social media as the platforms to improve speaking skill
Social media is the platforms that easy to access. It can be accessed anytime and anywhere and using social media especially for learning speaking is fun and many students are enjoy using it because social media is platforms that very attractive and many people love it.
4 Types of speaking material that accessed for improving speaking skill
The students usually open some YouTube channel such as Fiki Naki, Dale Philip or the similarly content that provide shot videos that using English in it.
5 The effect of social media on improving students speaking skill
It can be seen from the reaction of the students