Social Media and its Efficacy in Teaching and Learning English for ESL Learners: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

E -learning or online learning has taken the key role of traditional teaching and learning process during the outbreak of pandemic. The Pandemic outbreak caused the educational system to revamp rapidly, and teachers and students need to use the technology in teaching and learning. Therefore, this paper presents a systematic literature review of past studies on the effectiveness of using social media in learning English for ESL learners from the year 2011 to 2022. The Google Scholar database was used to identify the relevant literature and the keywords used to search is "social media and ESL learners." The aim of the study is to identify the effectiveness of using social media in learning English for ESL learners. The 14 articles were selected from the analysis purposes and the literature was then classified into the different themes to find out the effectiveness. The result of all the 14 articles showed that social media has played a significant role in improving learning English for ESL learners. Hence, teachers are recommended to utilise different social media platforms which occupied the purpose of teaching in the process of teaching and learning.