Research Article
Twitter Influence On Students’ Mindset and Motivation in Learning English
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.12-11-2022.2327403, author={Septi Gumiandari and Amroh Umaemah and Masriah Masriah and Ilman Nafia and Galuh Nur Rohmah}, title={Twitter Influence On Students’ Mindset and Motivation in Learning English}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Multidisciplinary International Conference, MIC 2022, 12 November 2022, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={MIC}, year={2023}, month={2}, keywords={learning motivation mindset social media twitter}, doi={10.4108/eai.12-11-2022.2327403} }- Septi Gumiandari
Amroh Umaemah
Masriah Masriah
Ilman Nafia
Galuh Nur Rohmah
Year: 2023
Twitter Influence On Students’ Mindset and Motivation in Learning English
MIC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.12-11-2022.2327403
Abstract
In the current rapidly-growing development of globalization era, Twitter has become one of the most favored social media among people, not to mention students. However, behind its popular use, there found no clear evidence regarding the impact of using the application on users. Therefore, this study will discuss about the influence of Twitter use on students, especially on their learning motivation and mindset. It employs a quantitative research method with explanatory research design, and it involves the 3rd-semester students majoring at English teaching, IAIN Syekh Nurjati, Cirebon, as the research subject. The main instrument of this research is an online questionnaire via Google form. The result of this study indicated that Twitter influences student’s learning motivation and mindset with several factors: making no excessive use in duration, following at least 3 educational accounts, and experiencing and feeling the positive impact of the educational content. Therefore, they feel that it provides a significant effect on their mindset and learning motivation.
