Instagram-based Classroom

           

         Instagram is one of social media to share our life with the world through pictures and 15-second videos. This is one of android application that I’m sure our intermediate students have already used android at all. From those facilities, I find many opportunities to use it as teaching media. Teachers and students can expand the vocabulary, practice speaking, improve listening skills, review grammar and even meet other for language exchange. Here, teachers can improve their students’ integrated language skill only in one media.

Improve Vocabulary and Review Grammar

In this part, teachers can create a vocabulary or grammar quiz for students by posting some pictures and give questions below the pictures. Students can directly answer by giving the comment of each picture. Do not worry that students will be difficult to see your post as teachers can use hashtag to make your post be more specific and easy to identify.

            Another activity is teacher can post a picture with numbers in each thing there which show a situation or part of something, such as House, Body, School, etc. Then ask students to guess “what the thing is” using English. It is very appropriate for beginner as they will be easy to master many vocabularies by seeing the real things.

Speaking and Listening Practice

            Instagram allows us to upload 15-second videos that teachers can take this benefit to improve students’ speaking and listening ability. Teachers can ask students to make a short tutorial of making or creating something, such as cooking noodle, making up, or etc. Absolutely to not forget give hashtag to every post that can make teacher identify the post easily. Or may be teachers can ask students to record their daily activities by describing what they do orally.

            For listening practice, teacher can use tongue twister by recording their voice and ask students to guess what the teacher speak by writing on the comment below the videos. I’m sure it will be very fun quiz.

Writing and Reading Skill

            Writing and reading exercises will be more challenging by using instagram. Ask students to upload a picture based on the theme and the description. In this exercises, teacher does not only can assess the writing but also grammar and vocabulary used. Do not forget to put hashtag in order to be easy to identify.

            Then for reading, teacher can post a comic and ask students to make a conclusion or guess the theme or the moral value of the story. Do not forget to give reward for the best answer!

            How amazing it is! In one application, we can teach integrated language skill without any difficulties. In addition, I’m sure that our students will be more fun in learning language as many pictures and videos used to improve their interest. For the detail example, you can see in English Outside The Box