THE STUDENT'S INTEREST ON USING WHATSAPP APPLICATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH

Ghea Intania Riadi, Rika Afriyanti, Suharni Suharni

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This research has a background by the phenomenon of online learning using the WhatsApp application in learning English at SMAN 6 Padang. This research is a qualitative research with a descriptive method which aims to describe and see the students' interest in learning by using the WhatsApp application in learning English. Participants in this study were 11th grade social studies students at SMAN 6 Padang. The data was collected by the researchers by distributing questionnaires to students through the Google Drive application in the form of Google Form with a total of 27 statements related to students' interest in learning by using the WhatsApp application in the learning process. To add information from the students, the researcher conducted interviews with 20 students from 4 classes which were taken using the Purposive Random Sampling technique. Interviews were conducted by sending messages using the WhatsApp application which was then recap by the researcher. During the study, from the questionnaire data and interviews, the researchers concluded that students were interested in using the WhatsApp application in learning English Keywords: student’s interest, WhatsApp Application

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51817/jas.v2i2.31

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