Jurnal Publikasi STMIK Pontianak

Abstrak:

The aim of this study is to figure out the effects of WhatsApp mobile learning in teaching reading to students in the 2nd semester of Informatics Technique Program at the STMIK (College of Computer Science Management) Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Experimental study is the research design applied to figure out more the effect of WhatsApp usage by the learners in reading lesson. The classes are grouped into experimental and control groups. Students in experimental group have additional learning activities, besides the normal class in the classroom, that is additional learning using WhatsApp mobile learning; but students in control group just have the normal class as usual in the classroom. Questionaires, WhatsApp platforms, and Pre-post tests become the sources of data collection used. The results indicated that WhatsApp mobile learning usage in learning reading skill to the 2nd semester students of Informatics Technique Program at the STMIK Pontianak shows an insignificant results of this study. So, it is needed to support from other institutions for the ease and decent WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) access for using WhatsApp in mobile phone assisted learning.

Kata Kunci : Mobile Phone Assisted Learning; Reading Lesson; Using WhatsApp