Epi Marlianti, - (2021) The Use of Whatsapp as a Medium for Teaching English during the COVID 19 Pandemic: Case study at SMKN 2 Pekanbaru. Thesis thesis, UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI SULTAN SYARIF KASIM RIAU.

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ABSTRACT Epi Marlianti (2021) : The Use of Whatsapp as a Medium for Teaching English during the COVID 19 Pandemic: Case study at SMKN 2 Pekanbaru This research aimed to explain how the teacher used whatsapp as a medium for teaching English during the COVID 19 pandemic, to explore the challenges faced by teacher on using whatsapp as a medium for teaching English, and to explore the students’ responses toward the use of whatsapp as a medium for teaching English during the COVID 19 pandemic at SMKN 2 Pekanbaru. This researcch was conducted under the qualitative case study design. The participants of this research were four English teachers and twelve students.The results revealed that whatsapp was good alternative media for teacher in teaching English. Whatsapp features could make the teaching and learning process interactive and effective. With WhatsApp, teachers and their students were enabled to directly and conveniently access a lot of digital learning resources with different formats, including text, images, videos, voice message, and voice call. Furthermore, students gave positive responses toward the use of whatsapp as English teaching media during the COVID 19 pandemic at SMKN 2 Pekanbaru. It was interesting, effective, and easy to use However, overloaded messages, small screen, technical problem and lack of training and skills in using technology were identified as the greatest challenges of effective WhatsApp use for English teaching media. Keywords: WhatsApp, medium, Englis teaching and learning process.

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