The Impact of Social Media on Language Acquisition: A Case Study in Spanish Students in Iraq

Abstract

In our research, an approach is formulated that seeks to test a hypothesis that answers affirmatively to the question: do social networks have an impact on the learning of Spanish in Iraq? To this end, a mixed research is used that collects qualitative information analyzed through quantitative data as a result of the answer to the questions asked in a survey.

The population we surveyed are Arabic-speakers who speak or learn Spanish who give their opinion on the experience of using social networks as a resource to practice and strengthen knowledge of Spanish through not only grammatical rules but also cultural and social rapprochement.

Indeed, according to the data we obtained, we can affirm that social networks are a cyberspace in which it is possible to interact and interrelate to meet and approach different communities of people culturally and socially; In this case, the Iraqi community can, through social networks, get closer to the culture and society of Spanish speakers.