EFL-Writing Activities Using WhatsApp Group: Students’ Perceptions during Study from Home
This research aims to investigate writing activities using the WhatsApp group during the study from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic and students’ perceptions about it. It is a qualitative research, in which the data were analyzed descriptively. This research was carried out at the Sentence-Based Wri...
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English Department of Antasari State Islamic University
2020-12-01
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| description | This research aims to investigate writing activities using the WhatsApp group during the study from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic and students’ perceptions about it. It is a qualitative research, in which the data were analyzed descriptively. This research was carried out at the Sentence-Based Writing class at IAIN Salatiga, Indonesia, in April - June 2020. This research participant involved 30 students. The researchers utilized a questionnaire and documentation for data collection. After conducting the research, the results revealed various students’ perceptions. 63% of the total students possessed a positive perception toward the writing activities using the WhatsApp group, and the rest 37% of students’ preferred face-to-face meetings and perceived writing using WhatsApp group as boring, confusing, and distracting. After analyzing the WhatsApp group activities, at least five writing activities were conducted: sharing and explaining materials, discussing materials, composing sentences, editing sentences, and posting writing products. Thus, this research can definitely provide teachers with knowledge regarding students' perceptions and writing activities carried out in the WhatsApp group.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6fd64c4ff8d24db88e460c4cbeb91b2e2025-01-12T00:47:14ZengEnglish Department of Antasari State Islamic UniversityLET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal2086-96062549-24542020-12-0110210.18592/let.v10i2.41222222EFL-Writing Activities Using WhatsApp Group: Students’ Perceptions during Study from HomeNur Muthmainnah0Badi'atul Azmina1IAIN SalatigaUniversitas Muhammadiyah YogyakartaThis research aims to investigate writing activities using the WhatsApp group during the study from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic and students’ perceptions about it. It is a qualitative research, in which the data were analyzed descriptively. This research was carried out at the Sentence-Based Writing class at IAIN Salatiga, Indonesia, in April - June 2020. This research participant involved 30 students. The researchers utilized a questionnaire and documentation for data collection. After conducting the research, the results revealed various students’ perceptions. 63% of the total students possessed a positive perception toward the writing activities using the WhatsApp group, and the rest 37% of students’ preferred face-to-face meetings and perceived writing using WhatsApp group as boring, confusing, and distracting. After analyzing the WhatsApp group activities, at least five writing activities were conducted: sharing and explaining materials, discussing materials, composing sentences, editing sentences, and posting writing products. Thus, this research can definitely provide teachers with knowledge regarding students' perceptions and writing activities carried out in the WhatsApp group. https://jurnal.uin-antasari.ac.id/index.php/let/article/view/4122Students’ perceptionsWritingEFLWhatsApp GroupCOVID-19 pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Nur Muthmainnah Badi'atul Azmina EFL-Writing Activities Using WhatsApp Group: Students’ Perceptions during Study from Home LET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal Students’ perceptions Writing EFL WhatsApp Group COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | EFL-Writing Activities Using WhatsApp Group: Students’ Perceptions during Study from Home |
| title_full | EFL-Writing Activities Using WhatsApp Group: Students’ Perceptions during Study from Home |
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| title_full_unstemmed | EFL-Writing Activities Using WhatsApp Group: Students’ Perceptions during Study from Home |
| title_short | EFL-Writing Activities Using WhatsApp Group: Students’ Perceptions during Study from Home |
| title_sort | efl writing activities using whatsapp group students perceptions during study from home |
| topic | Students’ perceptions Writing EFL WhatsApp Group COVID-19 pandemic |
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