USEFULNESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL
Irfan Ullah Khan, Dr.S.R. Ghazi, Dr. GulapShahzada, Dr. SaqibShahzad
July-December, 2017
ABSRACT
This study was conducted with the objectives: to find out the usefulness of various social media sources for English language learning at university level across gender groups and discipline groups. The self-developed questionnaire was used for the collection of data as a research instrument. Population of the study was all the master level students enrolled in session 2015-16 of social sciences and pure sciences in public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and sample size of the present study was eight hundred students of four public sector universities of southern districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Statistical tools which were used for analysis of the present data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, and one way ANOVA post hoc. Study revealed that social media sources play a pivotal role in English language learning at university level because the learners are mature enough that is why they may use various social media sources for English language learning.