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Publication Date: 2021
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Challenges in Using WhatsApp as an Online Arabic Learning Center
Robbani, A. Syahid; Wahidah, Zulfa Amalia; Haqqy, Ahmad Muzayyan
Dinamika Ilmu, v21 n2 p437-449 2021
This study examined the challenges and obstacles faced in using WhatsApp as an online Arabic learning center and efforts to overcome them. The data from this qualitative study were obtained from observations of 71 students and 2 Arabic language teachers. The data was then validated and strengthened by interviews with five students and 2 Arabic language teachers. The results of this study showed that the challenges and obstacles in using WhatsApp as an online Arabic learning center did not only come from students, student guardians, and teachers but can also come from the limitations of the WhatsApp application itself, such as the maximum file size limit that can be sent and the record button prone to be canceled. In overcoming the existing obstacles, the teacher converts the files to be sent first, lowers the level of questions in assignments, pays attention to the accuracy of students' answers in doing assignments, and collaborates WhatsApp with Google Drive and Instagram. Finally, by looking at the role of the WhatsApp application in the current learning process, the researcher hopes that the WhatsApp application developer will consider providing WhatsApp for Education like WhatsApp for Business which has existed for a long time.
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Learning, Second Language Learning, Barriers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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