LINGUISTICA ANTVERPIENSIA, 2021 Issue-1
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LINGUISTICA ANTVERPIENSIA
Social Network Sites in Learning English; An
Invstigation on Attitudes, Digital Literacy and Usage
Hussien Alakrash
1
, Norizan Abdul Razak
2*
, Pramela Krish
3
Centre for Research in Language and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi,
Malaysia
Hussienalakrash94@gmail.com, norjef@ukm.edu.my, pramela@ukm.edu.my
Issue Details
Issue Title: Issue 1
Received: 15 January, 2021
Accepted: 08 February, 2021
Published: 31 March, 2021
Pages: 26 - 43
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Abstract
The new advancements in technology are continually being incorporated, adopted and
utilized in learning English. This quantitative study focuses on EFL students’ attitudes,
digital literacy skills, usage for learning purposes and language skills improved using
Social Networking Sites (SNSs). In addition, this study is an endeavor to examine
whether students’ attitude and digital literacy skills with students’ usage of SNSs for
learning purposes. To this end, the data were collected randomly from 200 EFL high
school students in five international schools in Malaysia. The data were analyzed using
descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 25. The findings showed that
that students had high level of attitudes towards using SNSs in learning English. How-
ever, the students showed moderate level of digital literacy skills in using SNSs. Further-
more, the students showed moderate level of using SNSs for learning purposes. How-
ever, listening, speaking and writing skills were the most enhanced skills improved using
SNSs. The inferential results, using Pearson relationship, showed a significant relation-
ship between students’ attitudes, students’ digital literacy skills and use of SNSs for
learning purposes. Considering the relationship between variables, structural equation
modeling was used. The results of this phase indicated that digital literacy skills and
attitude significantly predict using SNSs for learning purposes. The results were dis-
cussed in the light of the literature and recommendation for previous studies were sug-
gested.
Keywords
Social network sites, English language learning; EFL students, attitudes, digital literacy,
technology usage; Education 4.0