LETRAMENTO DIGITAL: a utilização das mídias sociais na aprendizagem de vocabulário de língua inglesa

Abstract

As the English language is considered to be a lingua franca and the most widely used language in the midst of social networks, research is being done on digital literacy and the use of social media in learning English language vocabulary, in order to demonstrate how social media have played a transforming role in vocabulary learning. Therefore, it is necessary to describe what digital literacy is, describe how English language learning happens on social media and discuss the use of English language vocabulary in digital media. Then, a basic research of strategic purpose was carried out, verifying how digital literacy happens, mentioning some digital media that can be used in learning and several words used in social media, which imposes the observation that social media have transformed English language vocabulary learning.