EFL learner’s perception about utilizing technology-driven learning in the midst of Covid-19 outbreak

Budianto, Langgeng (2020) EFL learner’s perception about utilizing technology-driven learning in the midst of Covid-19 outbreak. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 14 (4). pp. 69-80. ISSN 2201-1323

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Abstract

The COVID-19 Pandemic is having a massive impact in the world of education. This current research investigates the learners’ perceptions of utilising technology of WhatsApp application in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. The usefulness aspects are ease of use, an ease of learning and satisfaction were investigated on this basis. A descriptive method and questionnaire developed by Lund, A. M (2001) were used in this study. The subjects of this study were 33 participants from three different levels of academic years. They perceived the use of online learning via WhatsApp was not intensely useful in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic. The main response of participants’ perception is that WhatsApp application is not useful, is hard to use, not user-friendly and is an unsatisfactory tool used by teachers and students. Thus, WhatsApp shall not be implemented in EFL learning system.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	WhatsApp; perception; learning; COVID
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Training > Department of English Language Education
Depositing User:	Langgeng Budianto
Date Deposited:	01 Apr 2021 04:11

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