STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD THE USE OF INSTAGRAM IN LEARNING ENGLISH

ABSTRACT

Attitude can be defined as a positive or negative feeling towards
any specific topic, and it is a belief or emotion toward a fact or
idea. Nowadays, Instagram is one of the most popular social
media used by teenagers. The purpose of this study was to
investigate students’ attitudes towards the use of Instagram in
learning English. This study involved 100 tenth graders of
Xaverius Senior High Schools in Palembang. These participants
were selected through simple random sampling technique.
Questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data of this
study. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. It
was expected that this study provides beneficial information to
students, teachers, school, and future researchers.

Keywords: attitude, Instagram, learning English