Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage?
WhatsApp has been extensively used by many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia as a near synchronous online learning platform. This program enables users to make announcements, exchange ideas and learning materials, and participate in online debates. Some recent publications in...
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Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup
2022-05-01
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| author | Arini Nurul Hidayati Melisa Sri Fuad Abdullah Tenia Ramalia Widia Yunita Fera Sulastri |
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| description | WhatsApp has been extensively used by many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia as a near synchronous online learning platform. This program enables users to make announcements, exchange ideas and learning materials, and participate in online debates. Some recent publications inform its utilization in learning language, yet little discusses how students engage in the learning activities. Therefore, to fill this void, the present study aims to investigate the students' behavioral engagement during online learning using WhatsApp. To collect the data, this study employed observation and semi-structured interviews. An observation was completed in one class at a state university in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia to perceive how the students responded to the teacher's instructions during the learning process. Meanwhile, the interviews were conducted with nine students in a similar class. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that students engaged behaviourally by (1) posing questions or comments politely, (2) using emoticons and emojis as politeness reinforcements, and (3) confirming the unclear information behind the scene. Implications for teaching and further studies are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be22d4bdaf254bd9aac5fb9d5dcd51332024-02-04T10:49:59ZengInstitut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) CurupEnglish Franca: Academic Journal of English Language and Education2580-36702580-36892022-05-0161839810.29240/ef.v6i1.41361361Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage?Arini Nurul Hidayati0Melisa Sri1Fuad Abdullah2Tenia Ramalia3Widia Yunita4Fera Sulastri5Universitas SiliwangiUniversitas SiliwangiUniversitas SiliwangiUniversitas Islam Syekh YusufSTAIN HubbulwathanUniversitas SiliwangiWhatsApp has been extensively used by many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia as a near synchronous online learning platform. This program enables users to make announcements, exchange ideas and learning materials, and participate in online debates. Some recent publications inform its utilization in learning language, yet little discusses how students engage in the learning activities. Therefore, to fill this void, the present study aims to investigate the students' behavioral engagement during online learning using WhatsApp. To collect the data, this study employed observation and semi-structured interviews. An observation was completed in one class at a state university in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia to perceive how the students responded to the teacher's instructions during the learning process. Meanwhile, the interviews were conducted with nine students in a similar class. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that students engaged behaviourally by (1) posing questions or comments politely, (2) using emoticons and emojis as politeness reinforcements, and (3) confirming the unclear information behind the scene. Implications for teaching and further studies are discussed.http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/english/article/view/4136efl learningonline learning' students’ behavioural engagementwhatsapp |
| spellingShingle | Arini Nurul Hidayati Melisa Sri Fuad Abdullah Tenia Ramalia Widia Yunita Fera Sulastri Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage? English Franca: Academic Journal of English Language and Education efl learning online learning' students’ behavioural engagement |
| title | Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage? |
| title_full | Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage? |
| title_fullStr | Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage? |
| title_short | Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage? |
| title_sort | whatsapp in the indonesian online efl learning milieu how do the students engage |
| topic | efl learning online learning' students’ behavioural engagement |
| url | http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/english/article/view/4136 |
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