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USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT SOURCE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELT CLASSROOMS AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVELS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).15      10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).15      Published : Mar 2023

Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels

Abstract

    The role of social media in academic settings has increased manifold. Both the teachers and the learners inside as well as outside classrooms use social media for different academic purposes. The present study was conducted to research to what extent the use of social media has become a fast way of material development in Pakistani ELT setting. Generally, social media is being used for getting and sharing information through different social media platforms: Facebook, whatsapp, YouTube along with other websites. The question is how social media is being used one of the medium for the development of material for four language skills? The data was collected through two major sources of survey and interviews from both the teachers and the learners. The data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively to reach the results. The findings answered the question that social media can be used as a source of material development in Pakistani ELT settings. This research will open the doors of further explorations in the same domain.

    (1) Amir Hafeez
    Associate Professor, Department of English, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Hafiz Abdul Majid
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Saima Yousaf
    MPhil, Department of English Linguistics, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Hafeez, A., Majid, H. A., & Yousaf, S. (2023). Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels. Global Social Sciences Review, VIII(I), 155-168. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).15

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Hafeez, Amir, Hafiz Abdul Majid, and Saima Yousaf. 2023. "Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels." Global Social Sciences Review, VIII (I): 155-168 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).15

HARVARD

    HARVARD : HAFEEZ, A., MAJID, H. A. & YOUSAF, S. 2023. Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels. Global Social Sciences Review, VIII, 155-168.

MHRA

    MHRA : Hafeez, Amir, Hafiz Abdul Majid, and Saima Yousaf. 2023. "Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels." Global Social Sciences Review, VIII: 155-168

MLA

    MLA : Hafeez, Amir, Hafiz Abdul Majid, and Saima Yousaf. "Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels." Global Social Sciences Review, VIII.I (2023): 155-168 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Hafeez, Amir, Majid, Hafiz Abdul, and Yousaf, Saima (2023), "Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels", Global Social Sciences Review, VIII (I), 155-168

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Hafeez, Amir, Hafiz Abdul Majid, and Saima Yousaf. "Using Social Media as Material Development Source for English Language Teaching and Learning for ELT Classrooms at Undergraduate Levels." Global Social Sciences Review VIII, no. I (2023): 155-168. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).15