STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARD THE USE OF WHATSAPP AS A LEARNING MEDIA

Abstract

Nurbaeti. S at English Educatiom Program Of STAIN Majene with entitled The Students Perception Toward The Use of Whatsapp as A Learning Media. In this study, the researcher investigated students' perception toward the using of Whatsapp as a teaching media. The researcher uses a descriptive study method with a quantitative approach. apart from that, the researcher distributed 20 numbered questionnaires as an instrument to collect data. The researcher uses a closed questionnaire type the data are submitted through a fourth point Likert scale. The four points are strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree students would be answered the questions given by selecting the options that have been provided. The quastionnaire was distributed to the eighth grade students of MTs Madrasah Tsanawiyah. There were four classes that participated in this study. A total of 85 students in the class. In collecting data, the researcher entered the class, convey some important points that must be known, distribute questions result that has been filled in by students after distributting questions to students by doing tribulation. The final resuly that hass been obtained that the highest score and in different factors. The first factor is the factor of attitude which has the average value of 75.28%. The second is interest factors with an average value of 68.72%. The third is the motivation factor with an average value of 74.44%. The last is the attention factor with an average value of 71.56%. So it can be concluded that students have a positive perception toward the using of Whatsapp as a learning media.