THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS THE PLATFORMS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILLS IN THE DIGITAL ERA. THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS PLATFORMS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILLS IN THE DIGITAL.
INTRODUCTION
Background
Using social media as a speaking lesson is very important in this digital age. In conclusion, using social media as a speaking learning platform can be a strategy for students to improve their speaking skills.
Problem Statements
28 Muetia Safitri, "Students' Perception of the Use of Social Media for Learning English (A Case Study at the Eleventh-Grade Students of SMA Al-Hasra in Academic Year Jakarta: FITK UIN SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA, 2021). Types of Social Media are most often accessed by students to improve speaking skills Types of social media most commonly accessed as platforms for learning where students can speak.
Muetia Safitri, ―Students' perception of the use of social media for learning English (A case study in the eleventh grade students of SMA Al-Hasra in the academic year Jakarta: FITK UIN SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA, 2021).
The Objective and Significance of Research
- Objective
- Significance
Scope and Setting of the Research
- Scope
- Setting
The researchers have limited this research to the extent to which the role of social media as a platform or media in learning English, especially speaking to English students in the campus environment of UIN MATARAM. UIN Mataram is one of the Islamic universities that has English language education as a study program.
Review of Previous Research
Where the previous research method used the pre-experimental method and used Facebook social media as a medium to improve students' speaking accuracy and fluency, while the current one. The similarity comes from the application of social media to improve students' speaking ability in higher education, where currently.
Theoretical Framework
- TELL
- TAM
- Social Media
- Speaking
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Method of the Research
- Approach and Type of Research
- Presence of the Researcher
- Research Setting
- Source of Data
- Procedure of Data Collection
- Technique of Data Analysis
- Trustworthiness
After conducting the observation, the researcher conducted an interview with some students to support the data from the observation. The researcher will conduct research with the topic or data source of undergraduate students majoring in the Department of English, Faculty of Education and Teacher Education in the academic year 2023/2024. In addition, the researcher chose this location because based on the researcher's observations, students majoring in English are among the active users of cell phones and social media, making it very closely related to the research to be conducted.
Moleong stated that observation is a social interaction that lasts for a long time between the researcher and the subject, during which data in the form of field notes is collected systematically and used without interruption.44 The type of observation used is participant observation and non-participant observation. of participants. In conducting this research, the researcher used the technique of passive participation, where the researcher does not fully participate in the activities of the subject under study. The researcher will observe some students to get an illustration of how students use social media as a platform to improve their speaking skills, which social media they use in learning speaking and also what types of speaking materials they use in learning speaking. and so on.
First, the researcher arranges the field notes of the observation, then the next step is that the researcher conducts interviews with various informants to obtain more in-depth and specific data and information related to the phenomenon under study. The reason why the researcher uses this triangulation technique is because the researcher believes that this technique is faster to check the validity of the data in this study. In order to gain additional in-depth and specific information, the researcher continued to conduct interviews using both previously encountered and new data sources.
Schedule of Research
DATA DISPLAY AND FINDINGS
Observation Results
Students usually watch a video through YouTube, and from the video, students are more interested in practicing speaking or practice directly after watching the video. In addition, the researcher also found that there are some advantages of social media that students have because social media is a platform that is easy to access. It can be accessed anytime and anywhere and using social media especially for learning speaking is fun and many students enjoy using it as social media is a platform that is very attractive and loved by many people.
Based on the observation conducted, the researcher found that the students watch the content or video blogs of Fiki Naki, Dale Philip and the like. The effect of social media on learning to speak based on the observation can improve and also increase students' speaking skills. This can be seen from the students' reaction when they are told many things related to speaking skills in that content, when they talk to their friend in English, they produce the words in English so confidently and comfortably and they look so looking nice and cheerful. to enjoy.
Many students use applications that provided the videos in it, such as YouTube or similar applications, as platforms to learn and improve speaking skills. When they open the social media to learn to speak, they see the video related to the speech and after they watch the video. This also happened in the process of learning speaking where nowadays students use social media as the best choice to learn speaking tool because all students have their own social media nowadays.
Students’ Interview Results
- Types of social media are most often accessed as the
- The roles of social media on improving
I use several types of social media but what I use often is YouTube and also tiktok. Social media can be a valuable tool for improving speaking skills, it is important to use it carefully and with discernment. 34;Yes, using social media to teach speaking outside the classroom is important because it can help us maximize our learning."69.
Overall, they are very comfortable using social media to learn and improve their speaking skills. 34;Yes, of course I agree and I really enjoy using social media to learn to speak and I have no problem with that."81. P3: I use different types of social media, but what I often use is YouTube and also tiktok.
P5: I am motivated to learn speaking using social media because it is easy to access anywhere and anytime. P7: To be honest, I use social media to learn to speak because it is more interesting and fun. In addition, learning to speak through social media is also fun, so learning to speak does not seem boring.
P2: Social media can be a valuable tool for improving speaking skills. It is important to use these mindfully and with discernment. P5: Yes, using social media to learn speaking outside the classroom is important because it can help us maximize our learning.
DISCUSSION
What roles do social media have on improving students'
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Conclusion
The current research is about the role of social media as platforms to improve students' speaking skills in the digital age. The current research is qualitative descriptive, so the answer to the problem statements is explained here based on the analysis of the data. After conducting the research and analyzing the data, this research finally found that social media like YouTube, Tik-Tok and instagram are most often accessed by the students as their platforms to improve speaking skills.
Besides that, social media also provides a lot of fun and related needs for students, so that is why students can. Besides YouTube, there are also some social media used by the students such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Tik-Tok, Telegram and Spotify. Based on the result of this study, the researcher further concludes that the role of social media as platforms to improve students' speaking is the one based on the supported tools found in the.
So students will be easy to practice anytime and anywhere and thus students can improve their speaking skills. The researcher also concludes that there are three categories of social media roles in improving students' speaking skills, namely communication tools, interactive stimulating tool and collaborative tool. Also, looking at the video related to speaking skill, practice through social networks is the strategy used by students to improve their speaking skill.
Suggestion
- English Learners
- English Lectures
- Future Researchers
Meenakshi Sharma Yadav, ―The Role of Social Media in Learning English for Adult Learners,‖ International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation 4, no. 1 Types of social media that students most often access to improve their speaking skills. Therefore, social media users find it very important and useful during this period.
P3: Of course, I use social media to learn English, such as using YouTube to listen to some explanations related to experts. P1: My opinion is that social media is really important as a platform to learn speaking because we can learn everything from social media. P3: The use of social media in learning English is very important and useful to support activities in the learning process.
P3: Because in this era everything is very easy and social media is proof of the convenience that can be used for learning. P1: The social media like spotify and I will buy the spotify and I can practice my speaking skill by using song. P2: It is important to note that although social media can be a valuable resource for improving speaking skills, it should be used in combination with other learning methods.
P3: Learning support tools are the roles that social media play in the English learning process. P1: Yes of course I agree and I use social media with pleasure to learn to speak and I have no problem with that.
