An Analysis of Students’ Perception in Using Whatsapp as Media for Learning English during Covid 19 Pandemic at  SMAN 1 Kecamatan Guguak

Inayatul Fitri; Yuli Tiarina

doi:10.24036/jelt.v10i4.115469

An Analysis of Students’ Perception in Using Whatsapp as Media for Learning English during Covid 19 Pandemic at SMAN 1 Kecamatan Guguak

Inayatul Fitri⁽¹⁾, Yuli Tiarina⁽²⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2021 Inayatul Fitri, Yuli Tiarina

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v10i4.115469

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Abstract

This study aims to find out students' perceptions about the use of the Whatsapp application as media for learning English during the covid 19 pandemics in SMAN 1 Kecamatan Guguak. The sample of this study was the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 1 Kecamatan Guguak. The sample was carried out using the proportional random sampling method. The number of samples in this study was 177 students. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire and strengthened by interviews. This research is descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The results of this study indicate that students' perceptions of the use of WhatsApp as an English learning media are good. The average score of 3.72% evidence this, and the respondent's level of achievement is 92.90% in the good category.

Keywords

Students’ perception, Whatsapp, media, learning English

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