This study attempts to study the use of WhatsApp in English language classrooms to optimize the function of the mobile phone for the students' learning process. The data is summarized to identify the usefulness of the learning tool for the students. The results of the study suggested that the use of WhatsApp is important to help students learn the language better and improve their skills in using the English language.
Marleen Mustika has conducted research into the effectiveness of the use of WhatsApp applications in editorial decision-making. 8 Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din and Muhammad Muhsin Khan, translation of the meanings of the Noble Quran into the English language. This is based on the basis that becoming familiar with the form can automatically lead to the acquisition of the foreign language.
The teachers organized the learning resources on the syllabus based on the required methodology and the needs of the students.
Media
Informal assessment involves all incidental, unplanned, evaluative coaching and feedback on task designed to achieve performance, but also not with the aim of recording results and making firm judgments about a student's competence. Based on several theories above, the researcher can conclude that teaching learning assessment is one of the roles in English Learning Teaching to measure or analyze the learning process, the student's performance in learning process, or we can say as evaluation. In addition, there are various types of assessment methods that schools always use, such as formative assessment, summative assessment and reporting.
Another expert-based assessment method is formal assessment and informal assessment. In short, formal assessment is a measurement of language to measure students' competence, informal assessment is not planned because informal assessment includes formative and process-based assessment, and formal assessment includes summative and product-oriented assessment. Usually presented using tools, are the tools or hardware facilities that allow the message to be displayed on that medium.23. Gerlach stated that the definition of media consists of two parts, namely a narrow meaning and a broad meaning, because there exist media with a limited meaning: graphic, photo and electronic, which capture, process and also deliver the information.
Based on several statements above, the researcher can conclude that media is one of the tools that can help students obtain information and make it easy for students and teachers to understand, and connect the material or knowledge. The use of graphic media is done by displaying it in a certain place so that the messages and information in the media can be observed and studied by students. These media have amazing properties, because these media can convey information and knowledge in impressions, as well as show phenomena and objects that really capture.
Multimedia can present messages and knowledge in the form of a combination or combination of several display formats, such as text, sound graphics, video and animation, and at the same time, multimedia programs can require information and comprehensive knowledge that students can learn.25 . Based on the above statement, the researcher can conclude that there are four classifications of media such as print media such as book, pamphlet, etc. application etc.
Helping Teachers in Their Field of Duty
Helping the Learners
Aspect psychology such as observation, response, memory power, emotion, thinking, fantasy, intelligence and so on can be awakened by the right deep learning media.
Improving Learning (Teaching and Learning Process)
The psychology of Aspect, such as observation, reaction, memory ability, emotion, thinking, imagination, intelligence and so on, can be awakened by the right deep learning media that chooses it. e) Cognitive function, visual media can be inferred from the research results showing that the visual symbol or image is a smooth achievement of objectives of understanding and remembering information or messages contained in the image. f) The compensatory function, the educational media, is evident from the research results: Visual media that provide context for understanding text help students who are weak in reading to organize and recall prior knowledge texts.27. Based on the above statement, the researcher can conclude that there are various functions of media in the learning process, such as helping teachers in their field of work, helping the students, improving the learning process, and also Levi & Lents.
Besides being able to save documents in the form or format above, WhatsApp can also forward messages, making it easier for students to share with other friends. 30. This is reinforced from the statement of Fawzeya Alghamdi, the essential use of WhatsApp, according to all members, was for the performance of moment and open interaction with the community members. The second important use of WhatsApp in the formal learning group was to study together to prepare for the test.
The second use of WhatsApp as an informal learning tool was to ensure that the learning content was delivered to the entire online learning group. The third use of WhatsApp by the informal learning group is to practice listening and speaking English by recording and receiving audio messages.33. The use of ICT plays an important role in education to make the teaching and learning process more effective.
Technology provides a number of electronic tools inside and outside the classroom that can assist in the teaching and learning process. Students record their oral reading of a story and then submit it to the team. To improve students' reading skills, the teacher sends a simple reading text, such as a short story, to the WhatsApp group.
Students can also be asked to write any answers raised by the teacher in the group discussion of WhatsApp, which can help them improve their writing skills. Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2016, 4: p. 102. . because almost all students have and understand the use of social media, It is easier for the teacher or the student to understand and does not take up much in quota data.42. WhatsApp advantages: Easy to use, Fast and can be used anywhere., The phone number used is automatically synchronized, can back up chats, Personal information can be hidden.43.
Distance Learning
According to Amani Mubarak, distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on pedagogy/andragogy, technology, and instructional system design that is effectively incorporated in delivering instruction to students, and students can communicate asynchronously and synchronously. 46. Based on several statements above, the researcher can conclude that distance learning is one of the learning methods that the students and the teacher provide, connected by using media online, so the learning process can be asynchronous learning or synchronous learning. On the basis of the above statements, the researcher can conclude that the source of learning cannot be in the same place as the students, we also have to use technology and give a number of activities and tasks from home, and lastly, give feedback in the learning process.
The trainer is ready with a variety of tasks and triggers that can help participants learn independently. According to the statement above, the researcher concludes that there are five different distance education learning processes. The first is independent learning, where learning is initiated by students several times, guided learning is one of a variety of distance learning, which can be face-to-face or virtual.
Asynchronous learning is learning that can take place without requiring the simultaneous presence of students. Another characteristic of distance learning is synchronous learning, it refers to learning/teaching that takes place simultaneously via electronic mode. Direct interaction with teachers and students in real time is very similar to a traditional face-to-face classroom, much better as distance is no longer a barrier and with internet connectivity you don't waste time traveling.
Based on the above statements, the researcher can conclude that the characteristic of distance education, such as that in the learning process there is no meeting directly or face to face, using media to make a learning process, and also paying attention to the students as individual learners. The characteristic of distance learning also asynchronous learning, because this learning can occur without requiring the presence of students at the same time. The researcher can conclude that there are some roles in supporting distance education, ie. students, teachers, play an important role in distance education, without them distance education cannot go well.
Power goes out when accessing the program online learning
Bad internet network
Commitment of parents and students uncertain
Children are slow in learning
Conceptual Review
The reason people use it as media because it is easy to use and WhatsApp facilities are quite good but WhatsApp still has a weakness like, drains a lot of internet data and battery, must have good internet etc. Media is one of the tools , that can help students get information and make it easy for students and teachers to understand, and connects the material or knowledge. Media has many kinds, such as print media, graphic media, audio media, film and multimedia, and the functions of media in the learning process, such as helping teachers with their duties, helping students, improving learning process.
Distance learning is one of the learning methods that connect the students and the teacher by using media online, the characteristic of distance learning such as that in the learning process there is no meeting directly or face to face, using media to make a learning process, and also pay attention to the students as individual learners, so that the learning process can be both asynchronous learning and synchronous learning. According to the statement above, the direction of this research, the researcher wants to know the use of WhatsApp is also their support and hindrance factors in the learning process, especially in English subject.
Conceptual Framework
Based on the Conceptual Framework above, Distance Learning is the learning process that moves teachers and students from a normally in-person classroom into a ephemeral online space.
