Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL
Author(s) -
Rita Suswati,
Syarbaini Saleh,
Citra Anggia Putri,
Ade Aini Nuran
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2442-4730
pISSN - 1978-1342
DOI - 10.17509/ije.v11i2.13468
Subject(s) - creativity , social media , mathematics education , psychology , social skills , pedagogy , computer science , social psychology , world wide web , psychotherapist
The effect of social media in improving students’ writing skill is investigated in this paper, which can be used to improve students’ creativity in writing. This paper takes covering of second semester English education students of Universitas Negeri Medan that study written language skills. The method used in this research is the development research aims to produce written language skills learning materials using social media (instagram, facebook & whatsapp). Its intention to answer the students’ need of the innovated material and to find out the level of students creativity after using such materials. Further, this paper gives a simpler and practical method to develop learning material using social media to improve students’ creativity in writing.