Implementation Of Instagram To Foster English Lexical Competence Development: An Action Research
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https://doi.org/10.24054/braj.v1i1.3177Keywords:
Social networks, Instagram, Lexical competence, ICTAbstract
This article reports a mixed-action research study focused on the implementation of Instagram as an educational tool at a public university in Colombia. This study aims to implement Instagram to improve lexical competence between the process of learning English as a foreign language (EFL) of first semester students at a public university in Colombia by combining elements of approaches to learning vocabulary and theory of connectivism. The data were collected through surveys, interviews, observations, corpus and tests with pre and post approaches. The results were divided into qualitative (pedagogical, technological and social dimensions) and quantitative, showing an improvement in the learning of vocabulary and grammar corresponding to level A1. In conclusion, Instagram can be an effective platform for learning vocabulary, both formally and informally. More research is still needed to fully understand the optimal educational uses of Instagram. But the initial results show promise for the integration of social networks in language teaching.
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