The impact of Social Media on the Vocabulary Acquisition on EFL Learners.

Abstract

This study investigates the extent to which multimedia resources influence the English learners’ vocabulary and the implications that those resources have on the EFL learners Also, It targets the participants’ attitudes towards using such resources for teaching English and enhancing the learners’ oral capacities in English. This investigation took place at University of Ibn Khaldoun-Tiaret- . In this paper we report on reaserch that explores and investigates the EFL teachers and students preception about the influence of the social media aids on the vocabulary acquisition of EFL learners.For that concern qestionnaires were conducted for both EFL techers and learners. In order to know how far can these social media penetrate EFL classrooms and learners mindset and also to explore how can these social media effect their speaking skills, Also mentioning the implication that multimedia resources have on the learners achievements is that english learners do not learn only pronunciation and vocabulary,but also they have the ability to understand,remember,retain the informations,as well as motivation and self-confidence in English language production (speaking).