Abstract
Everybody has Instagram account in this digital era. The lecturer uses Instagram as the media in English Language Teaching. The lecturer asks the students to write their idea in English as Instagram caption. This study presents the students’ perceptions of using social media, Instagram. All the participants in this study are students of Mathematic Study Program who enroll in English class at Nahdlatul Ulama University Purwokerto. The data were analyzed by using both quantitative and qualitative method. The data taken from survey through questionnaire were analyzed quantitatively. Then, the researcher used qualitative analysis to present the data from interview. The finding showed that the students’ perceived the advantages and disadvantages of using Instagram caption. The advantages showed that the participants have a positive perception of Instagram caption as a media in English Language Teaching. First, it stimulated the students to develop positive attitude in creative writing. Second, it improved students’ grammatical competences. The last, it enhanced the students’ motivation in English writing. Three disadvantages of using instagram as a media in teaching English included internet connection problem, low engagement rate of students’ in Instagram, and language barrier. Some of the students still used Google Translate (GT) to ensure that their sentences were correct. Keywords: Students’ Perceptions, Instagram, English Language Teaching
Highlights
People prefer to spend their time with their gadget
“ I like this way and I like to write on Instagram Caption
“I like to post on instagram, because I can visit the place first and I think the sentences correctly to be written on instagram caption”
Summary
People prefer to spend their time with their gadget. They are very close with social media. Instagram is one of social network platforms in which the students usually use it to share their personal information, suc as uploading their pictures or videos and writing Instagram caption. This study focuses on the students’ perceptions of instagram caption as a media in English Language Teaching. The research was conducted to discover the students’ perceptions about advantages and disadvantages of instagram caption as media in English Language Teaching. The researchers provided a questionnaire to know their perceptions of using Instagram as media in English Language Teaching (ELT). Five questions were formulated which data collection instruments include related to students’ perception of observations and interviews to have thick instagram caption. They were grouped into and rich data, and to explore the situation. There are the interview guideline: 1. Does Instagram caption improve your writing skill?
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