Students’ Perception on the Use of Whatsapp Voice Note in the English Learning Process at the Eleventh Grade of SMAN 1 Sangkapura

Abstract

One of the challenges which are presented by corona virus is educational institutions especially the learning process. As we all know that the government banned all schools from elementary to university level to carry out face-to-face (conventional) learning so the teachers try to find a good media for the learning process virtually by using mobile phone. This research employed qualitative approach since the objective of the study with interview which was conducted in only one time. The interview consisted of fifteen questions. It needed a week for the researcher to take data. To make the data more valid, the researcher did triangulation. The subject of this research is all the students in eleventh grade of SMAN 1 Sangkapura in academic year 2020/ 2021. The population of the students was 240 students that came from eight classes. The sample of this study was 10 students of IPA 2 class randomly. The finding of the study was the Eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Sangkapura shared positive perception toward the utilizing of whatsapp voice note were literally good. Therefore, the students have to be more aware about English and the medium of English learning process and the teacher have to evaluate their teaching and learning process, the learning media utilized. Whereas, this research could be a reference for the future researcher who are interested to do the same research. Key Words: Perception, Whatsapp Voice Note, Learning Process.