The Use Of Mobile Phone Features By EFL Students In A Private University In Jakarta

silih warni, ph.d.; cahya komara, s.pd., m.hum;

DINDA ISMU ASYIFA. NIM: 1501055031. The Use of Mobile Phone Features by EFL Students in a Private University in Jakarta. A paper, Jakarta: The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. HAMKA, 2019.
The study investigates features of mobile phone that EFL students usually
use and explores EFL students’ perception toward the use of mobile phone features
in one private university in Jakarta (English major and non-English major). This
research tries to answer two main questions; 1) are there the features of mobile
phone that EFL students mostly use to support their English learning? and 2) what
are EFL students’ perceptions towards the use of mobile phones features in English
learning context? To be able to answer the questions, the quantitative survey
method is used by involving 200 students as respondents using Google form
questionnaire. After that, the data was calculated and analyzed by using IBM SPSS
24 to find mean and percentage. The result of questionnaire showed that students
truly use mobile phone features for learning English with MP3 Players for listening
to English music as the most features that they used. Next features that are used by
students are Internet browser, Educational Application, Video Recorder-
Application, Game, Camera-Social Media Application, SMS, E-mail, Audio
Recorder, and the last is Video Recorder. Meanwhile, from perception questionnaire, the students clearly stated that they enjoyed learning English by using mobile phone features. They strengthened that mobile phone features can help them in self-learning.