Abstract
BSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore secondary school students' perceptions towards the role of social media for English leaming. The study employed a questionnaire as the main data collection method Statistical analyses were carried out to calculate the data from the questionnaire. The participants of the study were 40 secondary school students in Tripoli, Libya. The findings of the study showed that the students used social media for language learning and improving their English. The majority of the students (96%) had a Facebook account and chose Facebook as the most used social media for learning English. Further to that, the findings revealed that social media were particularly_ffective in helping learners 3.95), making learning English easier and faster (mean = 3.95), overcome their language mistakes (mean providing plentiful sources of information for learning English (mean =3.95). The findings also showed and that social media helped improve students' writing skills (mean 3.9), increased their confidence level to communicate using English (mean =3.9), and reinforced their self-independent learning (mean =3.85). The study concluded that students had positive attitudes towards the use of social media to learn English. Finally, based on the findings, some key recommendations and suggestions were made. Keywords: Students` Perceptions, English Learning, Social Media, Facebook, TitTok, Watsapp, YouTube