ABSTRACT
MEDIA MALAGWAR (2021). Student's Perception Towards Learning English
Using WhatsApp Application in English Department Seventh Semester at
Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong.
This research aimed to finding out The students’ perceptions on using WhatsApp
Application for learning at English Department in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong.
This research was a descriptive study using a qualitative approach witth the data
collection technique using an interview. The participants of the study were ten students of
English Education Department especially for seventh semester. The result of this
research were All informants have the same perception that WhatsApp was a
communication tool, but WhatsApp was not effective in improving learning on campus,
because sometimes there was network disruption, difficult to understand the material
provided because it cannot meet face to face, WhatsApp was less effective because not all
students understand learning virtually and not all students have handphones and quotas
data, and WhatsApp cannot videocall more than 5 people. Informants give suggestion that
prefer Google Clasroom for learning media than WhatsApp. However, the WhatsApp's
advantage are : All informants said that WhatsApp was easier in terms of make
powerpoint and collecting assignments because it was more practical and easier. And all
informants agreed that English chat could improve students' ability in speaking English.
Key Words : Perception, Online Learning, , WhatsApp Application