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In the twenty-first century the advancement and rapid development in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has brought change in use and pedagogy of English language. It has also enabled new forms of discourse as well as knowledge and new ways to create and participate in communities. Freeman and Anderson have pointed out in their book 'Techniques & Principles in Language Teaching' - "Rapid evolution of communication technologies has changed language pedagogy and language use, enabling new forms of discourse, new forms of authorship and new ways to create and participate in communities (Kern 2006:183, cited in Freeman and Anderson 2019: 200)". Internet and Social Media are the part of ICT that have tremendous effect on daily activities of human life. People spend much of their time on internet and social media for various purposes like entertainment, acquiring knowledge, sharing and collecting data and information, and so on. It provides lots of opportunities and creates attractive environment to learn English language easily. At the same time it also provides the liberty to distort the standard format of language use. Internet enables the users share information, ideas, data and services through various platforms of ICT. It connects billions of users across the globe. Social media platforms like Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and so on provide a space to create an interesting and entertaining environment to learn English language efficiently, as English is used frequently on these platforms. Internet and social media facilitate and motivate the learners to learn English language in an unconscious way. English language plays a crucial role in modern life and is also influencing each and every field of human activities like education, trade and commerce, art and culture, research and development, science and technology, administration and jurisdiction and many more. The purpose of this research paper is to explore the role of various internet services like online music, email, webpages as well as some educational websites and social media platforms in gaining competence in the use of English language, in both spoken and written forms. ICT encourages the learners to develop the four language skills, like listening, speaking, reading, and writing and components (pronunciation, vocabulary, phrase, sentence formation and its use in proper context) of English language. It can be practised by language learners through constant use of audio- visual aids, emails, chats, messages, reading a novel in English, visiting e-library, the meaning of emoji or icon and logo. It helps in interacting and communicating with English language experts on internet.