Addressing EFL Paper-Based Assignment Into WhatsApp

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10.2991/assehr.k.201230.064How to use a DOI?

Keywords

WhatsApp, Student’s response, EFL Paper-Based assignment

Abstract

The development of ICT significantly influences all aspects of living, especially in education, which built research with purposes finding out the effect of WhatsApp in replacing paper-based assignments and students’ responses towards the usage of it. Forty-two civil engineering students at the Borneo University of Tarakan were chosen as the sample of this research. The intervention was conducted for four months, two days every single week. A written test, questionnaire, and interview were used in collecting the data. The result presented that the mean difference between both tests was 33.00, where the post-test driven pre-test. It is indicated that the use of WhatsApp assisted the students to grab the material being discussed. Moreover, it not only provides full joy for students in responding to the assignment given but also builds their self-confidence to take apart actively in English class. Even more, they reported that making a mistake is a less threatening experience to be done while they are learning. However, limited internet connection leads them to off mode.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jhoni Eppendi
AU  - Nofvia De Vega
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/31
TI  - Addressing EFL Paper-Based Assignment Into WhatsApp
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 344
EP  - 348
SN  - 2352-5398
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