Students’ Perception on the Use of Whatsapp for Learning English at SMP Islam as-Shofa

Abstract

This study aims to determine students' perceptions of the use of WhatsApp for learning English in SMP Islam As-Shofa and the differences between male and female perceptions about use Whatsapp. This research is a quantitative descriptive study involving 2 classes totaling 50 students. The instrument used is a questionnaire to get data easily during the pandemic. Data collection was carried out by distributing online questionnaires to 9th-grade students of SMP Islam As-Shofa via group Whatsapp to the students. The data were analyzed using a Likert scale to determine students' perceptions of using Whatsapp for learning English. The results showed that learning through whatsapp was quite feasible to use with the results of a percentage of 40% having a positive perception and for the difference between male and female students with a percentage of 24.4% of male students answering agree for positive perception, and with a percentage of 21% female students answering agree for positive perception, while for the negative perception, the result with a percentage 45.2% students answered disagree and with a percentage 22.4% female students answered disagree.

The Implementation of English Teachers’ Authentic Assessment in Junior High Schools

“…The criteria of authentic assessment are unstructured and open-ended Marhaeni, in Wahyuni (2013). This means that the authentic assessment is not monotone and teachers should let the students do the task based on their capability, styles and creativity.…”

“…In doing so, the teacher can engage the students to do something that they are familiar with. According to Wahyuni (2013), authentic assessment is able to help the students to apply the knowledge and competencies in real life context. Besides that, this also beneficial for the students to prepare them to face real life setting.…”