Social Media and Its Influence on Vocabulary and Language Learning: A Case Study

Zainal, Zahirrah; Rahmat, Noor Hanim

doi:10.46827/ejes.v7i11.3331

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“…The findings of this study are similar to those of Zainal and Rahmat (2020) who found that university students in Malaysia recommended the referred online sites as prominent sources of exercising English vocabulary. The students stated their understanding of the usage of new words and their socio-cultural impact through social media.…”

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confidence: 88%

Social Media Neologisms in Bangladesh: Linguistic Creativity or Catastrophe

Mostafa

2024

IJELS

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This paper made a lexico-semantic analysis of several social media neologisms, checked their frequencies on the online corpus WebCorp, and checked their usage regarding derivations, conversions, or compounding on Bangladeshi online webpages and newspapers. The selected words were also checked in the recorded conversations and focus group interview scripts collected from the students of the two public universities in Bangladesh to scrutinize the different forms of the words found on WebCorp. The findings revealed that the words were mostly frequent in the written as well as in the spoken languages as nouns and all other formations of each of the base words were not that frequent. Some of the formations seemed to be forced creations. The discussion exposes that these neologisms have been inserted into the Bangla language without any significant changes as if they were Bangla words. Thus, they have become an inseparable part of the Bangla language and important examples of linguistic creativity. Their usage also symbolizes modern identity.

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Social Media Neologisms in Bangladesh: Linguistic Creativity or Catastrophe

Mostafa

2024

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“…The significant association observed between socialization purposes and vocabulary knowledge may be attributed to the greater incentive for sense-making and self-expression. Engaging in online interactions for social connection motivates individuals to actively search for the meaning of unknown words used by their interlocutors (Sivagnanam & Yunus, 2020;Zainal & Rahmat, 2020), leading to deeper language processing, heightened cognitive engagement, and increased linguistic engagement (De Wilde et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2021). Furthermore, activities for socialization purposes are characterized by their interactive nature and often involve the use of multimodal materials.…”

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Online informal learning of English and receptive vocabulary knowledge: Purpose matters

Lai,

Wang

2024

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The research field of online informal English learning has revealed associations of various informal digital English activities and second language vocabulary development. However, most of these studies have regarded digital resources as uniform entities when investigating their potential for vocabulary development and have failed to consider learners’ idiosyncratic interaction with the resources driven by self-defined purposes of use. Informed by the uses and gratifications theory, this study explored how three purposes of extramural digital experience (entertainment, socialization and information) relate to vocabulary knowledge, based on the survey responses from 322 undergraduate Chinese EFL learners and their receptive vocabulary knowledge. PLS-SEM analysis uncovered differential associations of the three media use purposes with receptive vocabulary knowledge. The study also revealed that the associations between the purposes of informal digital activities and vocabulary knowledge differed depending on whether the vocabulary was high frequency or low frequency. Additionally, it was found that the strategic use of digital resources, in terms of cognitive attention to and processing of lexical information that are facilitative of vocabulary learning during and/or after the interaction, played a significant moderating role in the relationship between digital activities for information purposes and receptive knowledge of high-frequency vocabulary. The findings highlight the importance of considering media use purposes in future research and pedagogical practices.

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“…Communication and interaction on social media have given rise to a new linguistic norm called internet slang. The overuse of internet slang terms like ROFL (roll on the floor laugh) and LOL (laugh out loud) negatively impact the traditional or formal English language (Zainal & Noor, 2020). Additionally, it is common to see social media users use informal contractions, short words that people use in casual speech.…”

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Social Media Influence on Pakistani Youth’s Linguistic Expressions: A Predictive Study of Resultant Changes

Mehmood,

Irfan,

Hussain

2023

J. educ. soc. stud.

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Social media has taken over our lives in this era of technology and globalization in many ways. Among many other impacts on the users, the language choices, and expressions, mostly preferred by youth, are manipulated and affected by such online platforms. With this in view, this research seeks to understand how social media has transformed the language expressions of young Pakistanis. It also focuses on the possible resultant changes in linguistic choices made by youth after being influenced by social media. Data was collected through previous papers to discover the research gaps, and an online survey/questionnaire was administered to fulfil this study's goal. Fifty participants were randomly selected from five educational institutions in Sialkot, Pakistan (Govt. College Women University, NISA College, University of Management and Technology, University of Central Punjab, and Govt. Murray Graduate College). The data was critically, qualitatively, and quantitatively evaluated and analyzed. Furthermore, the research findings have shown that social media language dominates youngsters' linguistic expressions in several ways. A shift could be observed from using the alphabet to signs and symbols impacting the youth's academic and formal linguistic expression in educational institutes.

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Social Media and Its Influence on Vocabulary and Language Learning: A Case Study

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Social Media Neologisms in Bangladesh: Linguistic Creativity or Catastrophe

Social Media Neologisms in Bangladesh: Linguistic Creativity or Catastrophe

Online informal learning of English and receptive vocabulary knowledge: Purpose matters

Social Media Influence on Pakistani Youth’s Linguistic Expressions: A Predictive Study of Resultant Changes

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