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The Use of Instagram to Improve Paragraph Writing of Vocational Certificate Students

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Suphangjit Mongphet, Laura Brahmakasikara

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The purposes of this research were (1) to compare the improvement of the vocational certificate students’ English paragraph writing abilities, and (2) to examine the perceptions of the vocational certificate students after using Instagram in a writing course. The samples, obtained through a purposive sampling technique, were 21 students studying at Chitralada Vocational School, Chitralada Technology Institute. The research instruments were: (1) a written test and (2) a questionnaire on students’ perceptions towards the use of Instagram in paragraph writing. The statistics for data analysis were mean (), standard deviation (S.D.), and paired sample t-test.

The findings revealed that Instagram was an effective instructional tool for improving the vocational certificate students’ paragraph writing abilities. Based on the results of data analysis, the post-intervention scores were higher than the pre-intervention scores (Pre-test:  = 5.16, S.D. = 1.35, Post-test:  = 5.89, S.D. = 0.79). The learning effectiveness was significant at the level of .05. The vocational certificate students’ perceptions towards the use of Instagram in teaching and learning paragraph writing were at the level of agree ( = 4.29, S.D. = 0.68).

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Instagram, English Paragraph Writing

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