EFL Students' Perspective of Learning Speaking Via Whatsapp during the Pandemic of COVID-19
Abstract
This study aims to investigated the students’ perspective of learning speaking via WhatsApp during the pandemic of covid-19 in intermediate speaking class A the third semester in English Department at Muhammadiyah University of Kendari. A descriptive qualitative method was employed as the design of this study: Six students participant was purposefully selected as the research subject of this study. The data were collected through open-ended questionnaire and semi structured interview. The findings were categorized into four major topics : accessibility, materials or assignment delivery, participation, problem and challenges. The result showed that mostly students have a positive perspective on learning speaking via WhatsApp. Event tough the students gave positive responses on the four aspects but it can be identified that most of the students encounter a problem in availability and sustainability of internet connection.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31332/alg.v3i2.6042
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