The Use of Instagram as Language Learning Tool to Develop Students’ Writing Skills

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The objectives of this research are to find out the effect of using Instagram to develop students’ writing skills and to find out whether there is a significant difference between students who are taught Instagram and those who are not.

This research used the experimental design with control group and experimental group. The sample was 72 students from tenth grade, consisting of 36 experimental groups and 36 control groups.

It has been demonstrated that using Instagram as a tool for language learning can increase students' writing ability. The results of the paired sample t-test on the scores obtained from the pre-and post-tests for both the experimental group and the control group shed light on the differences and similarities between the two groups. The results of these computations show that the two-tailed significance level for pair 1 is 0.000, which is lower than 0.050. Moreover, the significance level of the t-table for the value of 0.050 is 0.291, however, the value of the t-count is 9.531, suggesting that t-count is higher than t-table.

In terms of their capacity to write, there are substantial disparities between students who are taught using Instagram and students who are not taught to use Instagram. Instagram is a social media platform that allows users to share photos and videos. According to the results of the independent sample t-test, a Sig value of 0.000 has a two-tailed significance level that is less than 0.050. It indicates that Instagram is useful in helping students improve their writing skills.