Social media promotes a conducive learning where teachers and pupils remain engaged after school hours. There is a need in integrating social network, Instagram in language learning. The innovation is named “AsKINstagram” as it was merely limited to the use of ASK feature in Instagram to serve as a platform for teachers to assess pupils’ performance in writing in English. Not to mention that it intends to engage parents to support the virtual learning as well. The study was conducted in six sessions on a group of 24 Year 5 and Year 6 pupils of SK Pantai Kundor, Melaka. The data was analysed based on pupils’ performance before and after the innovation and a Likert-scale questionnaire is conducted to survey the pupils’ and parents’ feedback. The results indicate that there is improvement in students’ writing as “AsKINstagram” does not only provide conducive learning for students to learn English after school hours but also enticing parents to learn together with their kids.
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