Who doesn’t know Instagram, these days? What about you? How many times do you check or post on your Instagram account in a day? Only once? Or more than three times?

Instagram is currently becoming one of the most popular applications. This social media app was launched in October 2010 and owned by Facebook. The app is not only for sharing personal life experience, but also for spreading information, marketing a business, and getting involved in a charity fundraising. Thus, why not using it for learning English?

Why using application to improve English skills nowadays can be more effective is because people can simply access it anytime and anywhere. Spontaneously reading someone’s post in English may practice reading skills, English text comprehension, and at the same time drill vocabulary.

Here’s how to do it!

The followings are some points to upgrade English ability through Instagram:

1. Follow Celebgrams (Celebrity on Instagram) or English Speakers Stars you like

Almost all famous celebrities are active on Instagram. They hire someone to manage their Instagram account. If you like watching Hollywood movies, you can follow the actress and the actors who post in English. You may also follow someone who talks about topics you’re interested in. By following their accounts, you would possibly see their picture posts and story about their activities, read the captions, and even the comments. These activities provide you English in small chunks. A common expression that usually used on Instagram, for example, is “Swipe up for new video”.

2. Write a caption, post comment and send messages in English

Once you acquire new vocabularies, write them on a caption. If you want to improve English vocabularies and easily remember the words, you must use them frequently. For writing practice, you can post a comment on your favorite celebrity post. Create a challenge that you must write at least one sentence. Beforehand, make sure your comment is grammatically correct. Another option for the writing exercise is ‘send message’ in English on your friends’ stories or through DM. Doing this, you will be able to check whether your English is understandable or not by reading your friend’s response.

3. Enjoy English Contents

The more English speakers you follow, the more English feed you see on your Instagram account. Let the English words or expressions you read on the Instagram posts naturally become your massive input. This activity helps you to enhance vocabularies.

Happy studying!