THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Abstract

Social Media is a social networking that helps their members to get and give the information in the fastest way. It offers many opportunities like creating of communities or groups where the information can be exchanged. Nowadays the Social Media is considered to be the most used media by all the people worldwide. They are not using it just to do a simple communication but they are also using it to improve their careers by getting the most diverse information. I know that the Social Media is a media which is mostly used by the people of my country too; I noticed also that some English teachers are practicing it with their students in order to bring new and interesting approaches in English teaching in Kosovo. With the help of Social Media English teachers in Kosovo also are attending many courses online and this is helping them to get in touch with the techniques and methods that the teachers of English language all over the world are using to have an interesting and effective teaching. Social Media is considered to be a great source of materials which teachers may adapt in their English classes. Teaching with Social Media is a modern way of teaching that is one of the most preferred learning styles by the teenagers. Social Media has great features which may be very useful for the English teachers. If they would include it in the process of English teaching, the teaching and learning of English would be easier, colorful, interesting, and unlimited. These are the main reasons which awoke up my curiosity, I think that the English teachers in should always shape their ways of teaching English, they should always be aware on how is English taught by the English teacher worldwide and they should have the opportunity to adapt the most appropriate methods and techniques which are successful. The use of Social Media and the benefits that this offers could help them to stay fresh and professional, productive and effective, so the teaching of English would be never bored.