The Students' Interest in Learning Vocabulary through Instagram

Abstract

Abstract: Many students have problems in learning vocabulary, one of the students’ problems in learning vocabulary is the teaching and learning process. To overcome this, students need a tool or media in learning vocabulary.  Instagram is one of the social media applications which can be used as a tool for learning vocabulary. This research aims to know the students’ interest in learning vocabulary through Instagram. This research conducted used a survey research design with a descriptive quantitative approach. In collecting data, the researcher used a questionnaire as the instrument. The researcher took 75 randomly selected participants from the second-semester students of the English Department in Universitas Islam Malang. To analyze data, the researcher used SPPS version 20. The findings of this research indicated that the majority of students have an interest in using Instagram as a medium of learning vocabulary. The students are strongly interested in learning vocabulary through Instagram because; (1) it was popular with them, (2) it was effective and it helps them to learn vocabulary more easily, (3) many English accounts on Instagram are very informative to them, (4) the Instagram features can facilitate them to train their knowledge about vocabulary. From the data findings above, it can be concluded that second – semester students of the English Department at Universitas Islam Malang are interested in learning vocabulary through Instagram. Therefore, the students should be aware of the problem that their face in learning vocabulary. They should know what makes them interested in learning vocabulary through Instagram. They need to know more about the feature on Instagram which can help them to practice more about their vocabulary knowledge to develop their vocabulary mastery.

 

Keywords: Interest, Learning Vocabulary, Instagram