An Analysis Of Using Instagram As Media to Develop Students Higher-Order Thinking In Teaching English Speaking Of Third Semester At English Language Education Program Of UIR

This research analyzed and aimed to describe the use of Instagram to develop Higher-Order Thinking in teaching English speaking skills. Nowadays, Instgaram is one of the most popular social media in the world. This causes many people especially teacher start using Instagram to engage student’s understanding and critical thinking. This research is taken at English language education program of UIR. The research subject of this study is the teacher and students of English department of UIR year 2019/2020. The research was done under qualitative method using case study approach. This researcher uses two instrument, observation checklist and interview. The data collected through online classroom observation, documentation and interview. The result of this research shows that the teacher uses the Instagram as media in developing student’s Higher-Order Thinking by giving picture and instructions related to the topic that enable students to increase the highest level at Bloom Taxonomy level, namely Higher-Order Thinking (HOT) and in the era pandemic nowadays Instagram useful to help the teacher to delivered the material, the student discussion and the answers on the instruction also indicated that the students did analyzed, evaluation and created, which is three of the levels included in Higher-Order Thinking The student’s responses toward the use of Instagram are interesting and useful. The students are interested in the use of Instagram because it makes easy to get additional information related to learning and the Instagram is useful because the students become more creative and easier to do their assignment