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Instagram-Assisted Learning of Collocations and Colligations: The Case of EFL Learners

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  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.26907/esd.17.1.05
  Volume Number: 17 | Issue Number: 1 | Pages: 44 - 61
  Published: March 2022
  Article Keyword(s): Colligations, collocations, Instagram, social networking systems
  Article Author(s) - listed alphabetically: Amirpooya Dayani, Musa Nushi
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Instagram, as a popular social networking platform, allows users to share photos and videos with
other users. This research investigated the effect of Instagram-assisted instruction on the learning
of collocations and colligations1 by Iranian EFL learners. Fifteen participants who were selected
based on a language proficiency test took part in this research. The participants were first pre-tested
on their collocational and colligational knowledge. The collocational and colligational items that
were answered incorrectly by 50 percent or higher were selected for treatment. Afterwards, the
researchers prepared nine videos, containing 41 collocational and colligational items, and posted
them on Instagram during a five- week instruction period. The participants were asked to watch
the videos, and carry out the related exercises in the caption section of the post, through the usage
of the comments sections on Instagram. After posting all the videos, the pre-test was run again as
a post-test. The results indicated a significant difference between the mean scores of the pre- and
post-test, highlighting the fact that the treatment had been effective. In addition, semi-structured
interviews were conducted with 10 participants in order to find out their attitudes towards
language learning via Instagram. The learners indicated a positive attitude towards using Instagram
for their language learning purposes. In conclusion, the research showed that Instagram-assisted
instruction, when properly implemented and designed, can be beneficial to the development of
second language learning.

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Albina R. Drozdikova-Zaripova Alena Hašková Andreja Istenic Starcic Andreja Istenič Anna I. Akhmetzyanova Anna Kobtseva Aydar Kalimullin Aydar M. Kalimullin Aydar Minimansurovich Kalimullin Balwant Singh Branka Radulović Daria Medvedeva Dinara Bisimbaeva Elena Ibragimova Evgeniya Shishova Evsyukova E.A. Fatemeh Khonamri Ian Menter Idiyatov I.E. Ilshat R. Gafurov Kadriya Shakirova Liliana Shakirova Lira V. Artishcheva Lyubov A. Kochemasova Martina Pavlikova Mourat Tchoshanov Musa Nushi Natalya N. Kalatskaya Nick Rushby Oksana Kozhevnikova Olga K. Evdokimova Rezeda M. Khusainova Roza A. Valeeva Roza Valeeva Rushby N.J Tatiana Baklashova Valerian Faritovich Gabdulchakov Venera Zakirova Vera K. Vlasova Vera Khotinets Vera Vlasova Violeta Rosanda Vsevolod V. Andreev Yulia Novgorodova Zdenka Gadušová

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