Dueting Whatsapp and Youtube for Improving Students’ Engagement in Online Learning Mode

Abstract

EFL teaching learning in university during COVID 19 pandemic has been delivered from conventional to online class. Teachers are demanded to facilitate students’ needs in practicing speaking in online mode using any media including social media instead of a learning management system. This research aimed at describing to what extent the use of WhatsApp and YouTube could improve the students' engagement in online learning and describing the teaching and learning process when WhatsApp and YouTube as learning media are implemented in online class. Subjects of research were 30 students of Information System, Faculty of Information Technology, who were in an English-Speaking Course for Specific Purpose. The study will be conducted by using classroom action research design in two  phases.

Furthermore, the data will be collected through two non-test instruments, questionnaire of students’ learning motivation and students’ perception. The communication placed in the chatroom of WhatsApp group and in comments of YouTube during learning period is observed. The result of study proved that teachers should scaffold students to deliver good speaking using YouTube videos as reference and give them useful feedback via WhatsApp before using YouTube as media to engage students in online performing. The strategies applied in WhatsApp build good perception toward YouTube as open media to perform speaking