Social Media – A New Trend of Enhancing Language Skills
M. Vanisree
Dr. M. Vanisree, Associate Professor, Department of English, S.V Engineering College for Women, Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), India.
Manuscript received on 20 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 July 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 July 2019 | PP: 1198-1200 | Volume-8 Issue-1C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A12120581C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Learning a language is an energetic and enthusiastic process. Today, a language teacher has to acclimatize with an imperative change from a normal teacher to an ingenious enabler which makes the learners empathize and converse efficiently. With the advancement of technology, English language grew in leaps and bound and it is no more considered as a foreign language. A learner can learn the English language confidently through technology. Through this new technology, learners are learning through authentic learning sources which are attractive, friendly interface and vivid pictures which arouse interest in learning English. In the present scenario, internet is playing a major role in learning and enhancing the language skills. It became a requisite for a teacher to teach by using new different technologies. Encompassing of social media in learning language skills makes the learners accessible to these new learning technologies like blogs, Wikipedia, podcast, You tube, Tedx, Face Book, Twitter, SnapFish, Shutterfly, Social Walls, Padlet and so on. Social media and technology play a prominent role in enhancing language skills of a learner and to become an excellent communicator.
Keywords: Social Media Language Enhancing Technology.
Scope of the Article: Natural Language Processing