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Tóm tắt

This study was conducted to investigate the impact of students' participation in social media discussion threads on the vocabulary acquisition of English majors at a university in Vietnam. Using an action research approach, the study focused on evaluating how the duration and frequency of participation in discussion threads affected students’ vocabulary acquisition. Pre-test and post-test, adopted from Nation’s Vocabulary Level Test, were employed to measure students’ vocabulary levels before and after engaging in the social media discussion threads. In addition, classroom observations, student participation journals, and interviews were used to collect qualitative data on students’ perceptions of their experiences with social media discussion threads and the challenges they encountered. The findings indicated that participation in discussion threads on social media had a positive impact on students’ vocabulary acquisition. However, some students still faced difficulties in applying this strategy in practice. This study contributes a perspective on modern English learning environments and sheds further light on the value of using social media as a tool for English language teaching and learning.