Abstract
This study aims at finding out the significant effect of using WhatsApp as a media in a flipped classroom on students’ writing achievement. This study applied the pre-experimental design. The population was the 2017/2018 second grade students of MTsN 1 Konawe which consists of 240 students. The samples were 30 students of Class VIII-2. The experimental class was taught by using WhatsApp Group chat as a flipped classroom media. The tests consisted of pre-test and post- test. The instrument used in this study was a writing test. The data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test. The hyphotesis of this research stated if there was a significant effect of using WhatsApp on students’ writing achievement at MTsN 1 Konawe (H1). The result of paired sample t-test shown that the asymp sig. is 0.000. It means that the asymp sig. was lower than 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05). Therefore, the H1 is accepted. It can be concluded that WhatsApp has significant effect on students’ writing achievement at the second grade students of MTsN 1 Konawe..
Highlights
Social media is a phenomenon that has been prevalent among today's teenagers
Based on the hypothesis testing using a statistical analysis of paired sample t-test, it can be seen that the students who were given WhatsApp in their class had better writing achievement than the students who were not
It is proved from their mean score after being taught by using WhatsApp was higher than their writing mean score before being taught by using WhatsApp
Summary
Social media is a phenomenon that has been prevalent among today's teenagers. Excessive use of time in accessing social networking sites may disrupt student learning motivation. Regardless of the negative impact, social media networks have positive benefits for learners. Social media have a positive impact if the use is not excessive. Among the wide range of advanced mobile applications, WhatsApp Messenger Apps is one of the tools for communication that is used by all levels of society today. Students are part of modern society that relies on social media all the time to communicate and find information instantly. The tendency of students to use mobile phone, especially social media is a gap that can be used for educators to attract students’ interest in the language learning process. There are several popular social media platforms used by today's students. Examples of such social media are Facebook, BBM, Instagram, Snapchat and the most contemporary is WhatsApp
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