Social Media and Language Learning

Using TikTok and Instagram

Yeong-Ju Lee (Macquarie University, Australia)

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Routledge
22 August 2025

linguistics; Language Teaching (non-ELT); Primary & middle schools; Secondary schools; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)

Series: Routledge Research in Language Education

This book explores creative uses of social media for informal language learning. It focuses on the underexplored area of how informal language learning adapts to technological innovations in two multimodal media-sharing platforms: TikTok and Instagram.

Drawing on ecological perspectives of language learning and spatial understandings of digital technology and learning, the research reported in this book unpacks how social media technologies are used for language learning. It presents insights from a dual-level qualitative methodological design: a comparative study of public online data of social media posts collected from TikTok and Instagram, and a multiple case study based on ethnographic narrative data gathered from participants’ journal entries, stimulated recall interviews, and social media posts. This book reveals the dynamic landscape of digital language learning that is being integrated into learners’ everyday lives through multimodal content creation and networking.

This book enriches readers’ understanding of social media’s role in language learning, and offers pedagogical strategies for teachers to integrate newer technologies and multimodal materials into language classrooms to enhance students’ learning experiences.

By: Yeong-Ju Lee (Macquarie University Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9781032895888
ISBN 10: 1032895888
Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
Pages: 88
Publication Date: 22 August 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yeong-Ju Lee obtained her PhD from the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. She teaches courses in Applied Linguistics, TESOL, and Literacy. Her research interests include digital language learning and teaching, especially on social media and AI. She is the Chief Investigator of the Teaching Development Grant project on AI and literacy at the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy at Australian Catholic University, and the Data Horizon Grant project on a customised AI chatbot for language learning at the Data Horizon Research Centre at Macquarie University.