Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(12A), pp. 7335 - 7342
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082517
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A Survey on the Intervention of Social Media in Second Language (English) Acquisition

K. K. Sunalini ^1,*, Ch. Jyostna Kumari ², P. Venkata Ramana ^3
1 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Department of English, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
² CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
³ Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to analyze how the learners utilize social media to acquire English language. The strategies they employ during the process of language acquisition are a combination of cognitive and meta-cognitive skills. It is an assumption that the social media like Whats App, Face book, Instagram and Twitter are meant for entertainment; however the present survey predicts that the second (English) language can be acquired through the intervention of social media. As long as the students are in the classroom, they take the instructions from language trainers where learning becomes a procedural practice. Once the students find their personal time at home, they browse social media for various reasons like entertainment, knowledge, information and so on. In the present study, the learners' strategies inside and outside the classroom are surveyed based on the mechanism developed by three language researchers namely, J. Michael O'Malley, Anna Uhl Chamot and Rebecca L Oxford. Their propositions are applied to a sample of 108 first Semester. Engineering graduates of Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation. The impact of social media on the students is examined by administering a questionnaire through Google forms. Language learning enhances if the students are allowed to operate their mobile phones in the campus. It is understood from the present investigation that language can be learnt implicitly and involuntarily through self -directed learning skills by using social media. The findings reflect that the receptive and productive language skills of the students are enhanced when they explore social media.

KEYWORDS
Language Acquisition, Cognitive, Meta-Cognitive, Mechanism, Strategies, Positive Effect, Social Media

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] K. K. Sunalini , Ch. Jyostna Kumari , P. Venkata Ramana , "A Survey on the Intervention of Social Media in Second Language (English) Acquisition," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 12A, pp. 7335 - 7342, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082517.

(b). APA Format:
K. K. Sunalini , Ch. Jyostna Kumari , P. Venkata Ramana (2020). A Survey on the Intervention of Social Media in Second Language (English) Acquisition. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(12A), 7335 - 7342. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082517.