The impact of Facebook language use on EFL students’ vocabulary learning

Abstract

Social media is dominating the lives of people. Facebook has become noticeably widespread among the youth and the students in particular. Research has indicated that Facebook could be an effective platform for language learning. This study therefore comes to explore the effects of Facebook use on vocabulary learning at the University of Ibn Khaldoun in Tiaret. The objectives of this research dissertation are to enhance students' mindfulness approximately the impact of Facebook use on their vocabulary knowledge in English language learning and to analyze how EFL Tiaret University students further develop their vocabulary through the utilization of Facebook. Thus, the research questions are What is the effect of utilizing Facebook on students' vocabulary learning; Facebook language change the manner in which English-speaking students learn vocabulary. Concerning the methodological part, the research was accomplished by using the descriptive approach and the tools, which are questionnaire, interview. The findings show that while Facebook is useful for learning vocabulary, it has a significant impact on their vocabulary correctness. The way, Facebook killed their ability to produce apprehensible large features at a linguistic level.