THE IMPACT of SOCIAL MEDIA (FACEBOOK) on VOCABULARY LEARNING

Abstract

The paper aims to investigate the impact of social media in improving students’ knowledge of English vocabulary (focused on facebook). Nowadays Facebook technology seems to play an important part for the social life of so many becoming more popular as a means of communication, that it could meet an educational need. In this study was intended to assess the role and effectiveness of Facebook use in vocabulary learning. Particularly, the research attempts to answer the question: ‘Can social media affect students’ development and progress in learning EFL?’.In order to discover the answer of the question of the study, a project based on the Facebook for the experimental group was conceived. It was assumed that significant differences were to be found between the groups using social media for learning purposes and those who did not in developing vocabulary knowledge. The study was conducted with 30 students of English Education Department at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Islamic Madura University, 1st and 3rd year students in academic year 2017-2018. The development in each group was measured and it clearly demonstrated more significant improvement in vocabulary of the group exposed to the Facebook group.