The Use of Whatsapp Messaging as Mobile Learning in Developing Writing Skills
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210914.015How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- WhatsApp Messaging, Mobile Learning, Writing Skill
- Abstract
WhatsApp messaging offers four types of messages that have the potential of reinforcing the class material and given positively influence student’s learning. It also helps a teacher to improve student’s reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Besides that, the use of WhatsApp affects students learning processes, such as teachers cannot fully manage students’ focus on learning. The teacher does not know the student’s problems in writing directly. The writing skill of students still has low-quality. The students were not motivated in writing activities. This study’s purpose was to show the use of WhatsApp messaging as mobile learning more effective in developing students’ writing skills. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. The data was from articles and journals related to Using WhatsApp for learning. The result of this research helped the students to develop writing skills, the performance of grammar, and lexically. It allows students to learn from other friends writing. Through WhatsApp chat was provide the students to practice English writing freely as communication. This study concluded that WhatsApp as mobile learning provides the students with opportunities for practicing language as specially written communication.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Muhammad Syarif AU - M. Zaim PY - 2021 DA - 2021/09/14 TI - The Use of Whatsapp Messaging as Mobile Learning in Developing Writing Skills BT - Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT-8 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 83 EP - 87 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210914.015 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210914.015 ID - Syarif2021 ER -