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

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.