The Effect of Whatsapp Usage on the Attitudes of Students Toward English Self-Efficacy and English Courses in Foreign Language Education Outside the School

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine if using WhatsApp actively in English outside the school has any effect on the students' attitudes and self-efficacy belief on English course. In this study, a sequential explanatory pattern was used. In order to obtain quantitative data, one group pretest-posttest design was used. The participants consist of 11th grade students studying in an Anatolian High School in the center of Sivas. The implementation of the study lasted eight weeks. In terms of the experiment, WhatsApp meetings were held twice a week for evaluating the achievement of 11th grade English course. "English Self-Efficacy Scale" and "Attitude toward English Scale" were applied before and after the experiment. In addition, semi-structured questionnaire was used in order to get the opinions of the students about the implementation at the end of the experiment. The results of the study revealed that using WhatsApp outside the course leads to a significant differentiation in the self-efficacy beliefs of the students for both reading and listening. The data obtained from qualitative processes also confirm this. In addition, it shows that the practice has a statistically meaningful effect on students' attitudes toward the course. The data obtained from the qualitative processes have proved that the implementation is influential in the emotions such as happiness, joy, excitement, pride and that the students considerably support the use of this implementation.

A Study of EFL Students' Attitudes, Motivation and Anxiety towards WhatsApp as a Language Learning Tool

“…The study found that using WhatsApp outside the English course had a significant effect on students' self-efficacy beliefs in reading and listening. Moreover, the interview revealed that students experienced emotions of happiness, pride, and joy from using the WhatsApp application in the experiment (Çam & Can, 2019). The correlation between WhatsApp and students' motivation in language learning/teaching has also been reviewed in many studies (Alamer, 2016;Bensalem, 2018;Han & Keskin, 2016;Khan, 2016).…”

“…Some studies conducted in Saudi context have focused either on the efficacy of WhatsApp on English language learning/teaching or the effect of WhatsApp on students' motivation (Ahmed & Hassan, 2019;Çam & Can, 2019;Hamad, 2017;Nasr & Mustafa, 2018). A study examined the effects of Skype, YouTube, and WhatsApp on developing the speaking skills of Saudi EFL students.…”

“…Technology participates in advancements in the field of education by enabling access to knowledge worldwide. WhatsApp as an English language learning tool has been studied in various contexts (Çam & Can, 2019;Hashemifardnia, Namaziandost, & Esfahani, 2018;La Hanisi, Risdiany, Utami, & Sulisworo, 2018). To the best of the researchers' knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the impact of WhatsApp on English language skills and areas, students' attitudes, motivation and anxiety from Saudi EFL learners' perspective.…”

A Study of EFL Students' Attitudes, Motivation and Anxiety towards WhatsApp as a Language Learning Tool

“…The study found that using WhatsApp outside the English course had a significant effect on students' self-efficacy beliefs in reading and listening. Moreover, the interview revealed that students experienced emotions of happiness, pride, and joy from using the WhatsApp application in the experiment (Çam & Can, 2019). The correlation between WhatsApp and students' motivation in language learning/teaching has also been reviewed in many studies (Alamer, 2016;Bensalem, 2018;Han & Keskin, 2016;Khan, 2016).…”

Web Class Portal System for Student Information Database

“…We have a lot of social media application such as Whatsapp, Instagram, Wechat and a lot more, we can connect with each other among our friends [1][2][3][4]. The rise of specific apps for social media engagement also quite large such as LinKedIn and few others have motivated others to develop very specific social media platform [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Thus, in this project we have developed a portal for student to engage in active or passive discussion among them that act just like other social media with multiple functions.…”