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<\/div>\nWeb-based media is staying put, so why not bridge its force? Instagram is a well-known picture-based web-based media application that has more than 800 million clients with 80% of those clients living outside the United States.\u00a0So\u00a0it comes as no surprise that individuals are utilizing the web to communicate with others around the world even when speaking a different language.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nPSFK<\/span><\/a>\u00a0reports, \u201cSeveral Instagram users dedicated to teaching their native language (or a different one they have learned) have garnered a substantial following. The accounts take advantage of Instagram\u2019s translate feature and use the social media network\u2019s visual responsiveness as a tool to interact with and teach non-speakers basic vocabulary.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\"instagram\n\nWith all these different ways of communicating in different languages, more and more people are starting to learn languages via social media.\u202f Social Media Language Learning, or SMLL, is a learning approach that focuses on connecting interactive social media channels with language learners.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Studies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0indicate<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that language learning is both inherently social and interactive, so this method facilitates learning. Here a few examples of how to learn a new language via social media.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\nInstagram:<\/b>\u00a0Instagram has been growing in popularity for almost a decade now, which has also widened the language learning influencer community! Here are the top 3 language-learning Instagram account we recommend following for\u00a0<\/span>\n
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