EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF INSTAGRAM TOWARDS THEIR WRITING SKILL IN THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT BENGKULU UNIVERSITY

Affrianti, Bella Rizki and Kurniawan, Ildi and Saputra, M.Pdand Dwi Bayu (2024) EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF INSTAGRAM TOWARDS THEIR WRITING SKILL IN THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT BENGKULU UNIVERSITY. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

Despite many studies have discussed the use of social media towards students’ writing skill. Only a small amount of research has focused on Instagram, in the context of this research is Instagram Caption. Therefore, the researcher is interested in knowing students' perceptions of the use of Instagram for their writing skills. In this study, the author used qualitative methods and used two forms of instruments, namely questionnaires and interviews. Participants in this study is the entire eighth semester students of English education at Bengkulu University with a total of 106 students. The results of the questionnaire showed that almost all students assume that writing components such as content, organization, mechanics, grammar and vocabulary can be learned through the use of Instagram. On average each component reaches above 50,00% and all of them classified in the high and very high categories. The results of the interview data show that the benefits of Instagram not only include five components as (content, organization, mechanics, grammar and vocabulary), but there are some positive others like how to pronounce, learn many new languages and write with free expression. Therefore, it can be concluded that the five components of writing can be obtained through the use of Instagram. Keyword: Students’ Perception, Writing Skill

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