SOCIAL MEDIA AND LANGUAGE TEACHING

Abstract

The popularity of social media is evident in all spheres of life and in this regard this articles aims to reflect on the impact this media has in the language learning process. The focus is in creating utensils on using the increasing momentum of popularity that the social media have into the process of language teaching. The study investigates not only the impact but also the uniqueness that social media has and its role as the leading technologically mediated spaces. It reflects on the drastic changes in the study habitat in the public pedagogy. A number of learning opportunities are cited in the process to confirm that the pedagogical reality in the foreign language teaching process has changed drastically since the Grammar Translation method although some “constructivists” might argue that constructing a learning authenticity is unfeasible without the presence of technology and the vices inheriting it.