The Impact of Instagram on the Students’ Speaking Skill: The case of Third year English Students at the University of Ibn Khaldoun Tiaret

Abstract

he growing use of social media in all aspects of life has led to its incorporation into the educational context. As social media has a considerable potential for enhancing both teaching and learning experiences .This research is a linguistic investigation of the impact of Instagram on students’ speaking skill, its use as a tool to enhance the students speaking, and how it can be applied to serve that purpose. In order to fulfil this study, a mixed methodology approach has been used as a way to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. The main hypothesis adopted in this research study is that the effective use of Instagram can help the students to improve their speaking skill. The study was composed of three major chapters .It first begins with a theoretical framework that is a general overview about Instagram use for learning and its role in enhancing students speaking skill .Then, we analyse the data that was collected by using a questionnaire which was administrated to 50 students of third year at the department of English at Ibn Khaldoun University. Through the analysis of the results of the questionnaire, we are going to find out whether students consider Instagram as an effective tool to enhance their speaking or not.