Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills
The purpose of this research study was to highlight the importance of online social media sources in English language vocabulary development at university level. The study was descriptive in nature that is why selfdeveloped questionnaire was used for the collection of data as a research instrument. Population of the study was all the master level students enrolled in session 2015-16 of social sciences and pure sciences in public sector universities, and sample size of the present study was eight hundred students of four public sector universities of southern districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Similarly, the data which was collected from the given sample of population was arranged, coded, analyzed, and tabulated through SPSS version 24. Statistical tools which were used for analysis of the present data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, and one way ANOVA post hoc. Result of the study showed positive effect.
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University level learners, Access to Social media, English language Vocabulary
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(1) Irfan Ullah Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Saif Ullah Khan
Lecturer, Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Mati Ullah Khan
Lecturer, Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Khan, I. U., Khan, S. U., & Khan, M. U. (2019). Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills. Global Educational Studies Review, IV(I), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2019(IV-I).05
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CHICAGO : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. 2019. "Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills." Global Educational Studies Review, IV (I): 35-45 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2019(IV-I).05
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HARVARD : KHAN, I. U., KHAN, S. U. & KHAN, M. U. 2019. Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills. Global Educational Studies Review, IV, 35-45.
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MHRA : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. 2019. "Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills." Global Educational Studies Review, IV: 35-45
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MLA : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. "Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills." Global Educational Studies Review, IV.I (2019): 35-45 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Khan, Saif Ullah, and Khan, Mati Ullah (2019), "Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills", Global Educational Studies Review, IV (I), 35-45
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TURABIAN : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. "Access to Online Social Media Sources Improve English Learners’ Vocabulary Skills." Global Educational Studies Review IV, no. I (2019): 35-45. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2019(IV-I).05