SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN THE MODERN WORLD: CHALLENGES OF THE XXI CENTURY" ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN, FEBRUARY 2023 4 Table 1
The features, advantages and disadvantages of digital devices and social networks Advantages of social networks Disadvantages of social networks Features of social networks Dangers of social networks -
improvement
of
computer literacy;
-
speed
of
correspondence
will
increase;
- the way to establish
feedback and mutual
communication with
the
blogs
of
the
authorities is opened;
- efficient use of
search system.
- ineffective use of
time;
- not being able to
distinguish between
fake
and
true
information;
- provision of any
information;
- use of dirty words
that do not belong to
the values of the
society;
-
full
electronic
subordination.
- widespread use of
necessary information
through photo, video,
microblogs, common
chat
sources
in
information exchange;
- being able to find
virtual friends with
common interests;
-
to
receive
the
necessary information
in time.
- information can be
easily
found
by
anyone
and
used
without hindrance as
needed;
- addiction to social
networks;
- speech due to
virtual
communication,
rapid acquisition of
information and a
decrease in thinking
ability due to the
lack
of
personal
research.
One form of digital technologies is social media, it is one of the results of the advance of
technology. The social network is also known as “social media”. These are Internet sites that
allow people to communicate with each other over the Internet.Social media is one of the
technologies that mostly used by people around the world, starting from the young learner to old
people. For the school students, they used social media in various situation in their daily
activities.
There are different types of social networks. There are general social networks such as
Instagram or blog networks, microblogs, and specific, thematic social networks for uploading
videos or images. An example of a video social network is YouTube, a blogging network is
WordPress, for photographers or those who just like to take pictures is Flickr, and an example of
microblogging is Twitter [3].
In the English foreign language context, the use of social networks provides some
opportunities to develop students' English language skills. It is the fact that English is one of the
languages that mostly used in social networks, because English is known as international
languages that is used all over the world to communicate each other [4]. English in Kazakhstan
is used by people especially the students as the foreign language, where the students will get
English and learn English in just certain places like schools, courses, or universities as one of the
available subjects in that places.
50 respondents are participated in the survey. Wherefore this study is intended to
examine the use of social media in English language learning by the students at school-lyceum
named after Y. Gagarin. To achieve the purpose of this study, we attempt to answer these
questions:
1) What kinds of social networks are mostly used in learning English by the students and
teachers?
2) What do the students and teachers use social networks in learning English for?