A Study of Students’ Perception on Using Facebook for Communication:(A Descriptive Quantitative Study of the Eleventh Grade Students of Multimedia Program Major at SMK Negeri 6 Pontianak

Mina, Yosua Yohanes (2022) A Study of Students’ Perception on Using Facebook for Communication:(A Descriptive Quantitative Study of the Eleventh Grade Students of Multimedia Program Major at SMK Negeri 6 Pontianak. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Tanjungpura.

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Abstract

The research was aimed to find out students’ perception towards the use ofFacebook for written communication outside of the classroom tenuously. Theresearch was conducted in a descriptive quantitative study that was accomplishedat the Eleventh grade students of Multimedia program major at SMK Negeri 6Pontianak. The survey questionnaire was administered to the 50 participantsthroughout Google Form to collect the data accessibly. The result elucidated thatthe ground of Facebook had positively reinforced students (96%) to communicatein the English language within solitary and intercommunication state. Accordingly,the finding in the research presented that 80% of students agreed that Facebook iseasy and pleasing to communicate in English autonomously. Further, 88% ofstudents agreed that Facebook personal chat is the most used feature tocommunicate in English conveniently. Additionally, 54% of students agreed thatFacebook allowed them to utilise English for written communication. In sum, thestudents were agreed on Facebook as a helpful platform for communication. It wasshown in 40% students disagreed that they feel less embarrassed to communicatein English on Facebook as a challenge. Hence, students’ personal interest onFacebook can be channelled to communicate in English collaboratively. It issuggested that the use of Facebook for communication in English languageconsiderably set the tool to encourage school integration of the educationaltechnologically external environment.

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