Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on CALL Number 7. July 2021 Pp. 202-216
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/call7.15
Pedagogical Effects of Social Media on Iraqi Kurd EFL learners
Rebaz Bahadeen Mohammed Nuri
Translation Techniques Department, Sulaimani Technical Institute, Sulaimani Polytechnic University,
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Awder Raza Aziz
Translation Techniques Department, Sulaimani Technical Institute, Sulaimani Polytechnic University,
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
&
English Department, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Corresponding Author: awder.aziz@spu.edu.iq
Kochar Ali Saeed
English Department, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Shaiy Karwan Tofiq
English Department, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Soma Soran Ahmed
English Department, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Received: 5/5/2021 Accepted: 6/26/2021 Published: 7/26/2021
Abstract:
English language learners use social media platforms for improving their language skills through exchanging ideas, sharing their thoughts, and getting exposed to authentic language. The use of social media by learners might yield positive or adverse effects. This study, therefore, explores the pedagogical consequences of some social media platforms on Iraqi Kurd EFL learners. It Highlights the significant impacts of social media on learning English, vocabulary, and spelling. It explicitly attempts to discover how social media affects English language learning, word choices, and spelling for Kurd EFL learners. A questionnaire is used to randomly collect the study data from 96 Kurdish students studying English at various academic institutions. The data was organized and analyzed by SPSS. It was found that Kurd EFL learners use social media platforms extensively for numerous purposes, improving their English language skills being one of them. The results suggest that social media assists learners in learning and practising new vocabulary; However, it has a negative impact on the students spelling and academic writing skills. Kurd EFL learners use abbreviated forms and unnecessarily shortened forms under the influence of social media.
Keywords: English language learning, Kurd EFL learners, social media
Cite as: Nuri, R. B. M., Aziz, A. R., Saeed, K.A., Tofiq, S.K., & Ahmed, S. S. (2021). Pedagogical Effects of Social Media on Iraqi Kurd EFL learners.
Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on CALL (7) 202-216.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/call7.15
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