Nowadays, social media is widely used and popular among school students. It is believed that incorporating Social Media Assisted Language Learning (SMALL) in the teaching and learning process can help the students to learn English better. ErIn, a program based on SMALL was created to help the students learn the correct use of tenses in an interactive and fun way by using the feature poll on Instagram. This study aimed to enhance the secondary school students’ performance in using the tenses correctly by participating in ErIn. The study also examined the students’ perception of ErIn. 30 Form 1 students from 2 schools each in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan and Kuala Lumpur were involved in this study where they were identified having problem in tenses area. The research design was action research using Kemmis and McTaggart’s model. The data were collected through the pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. The finding showed that the students’ performance was increased significantly after they participated in the program. Besides, the result from the students’ perception questionnaire revealed that they had positive attitudes towards the program as they perceived it was very helpful in helping them learn the tenses. Therefore, these findings may be used to help the other English teachers to incorporate SMALL in helping their students in tenses area.
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To Cite this Article: Razak, S. binti A., Emary, E. E. binti M., Ibrahim, W. N. E. S. binti W., & Yunus, M. M. (2019). ErIn: Fun Learning with Instagram Using Instagram Poll to Learn Tenses. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(1), 597–608.
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