THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

AMONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:

TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVE
1
2

1
M.
Rosyidi,
Mia
Febriana

Linguistics
Department,
mrosyidi65@gmail.com
2
English
Education
Department,
miafebrianaa@gmail.com
Sebelas
Maret
University,
Indonesia

Abstract
Nowadays the growth of social media leads to the easiness of people to connect to one another,
between old friends, between parents and children, between colleagues, and others. The use of social media
is inevitable for everyday life of every person especially in Indonesia in which social media users are quite a
lot. This study aims to know teacher's perspective towards the emergence of social media among junior
high school students in Solo, Indonesia and its utilization as learning tool. The design of this study is
descriptive qualitative. The data were collected using questionnaire and in-depth interview. It can be
concluded from the research that based on Junior High School English teachers' perspective social media
gives both positive and negative impacts towards learning process and students achievement in ELT
classroom depending on how teachers utilize the social media for ELT Classroom. It is suggested for ELT
teachers to use social media in the classroom wisely so students can get benefit of the emergence of social
media.

Keywords : Social media, Junior High School, ELT Classroom

Introduction Methods
Technology development brings positive impact for the use of technology
in many aspects of life. Specifically, the development of mobile device into
smartphone like what people use today gives a massive impact on human Research design: Descriptive Qualitative
communication through the use of social media in everyday life. Social Respondents: 10 Junior High School
media has become a way for people to connect to their communities and to Teachers in Solo
show their activities. Social media has become popular as learning tool in Data Collection Technique: Questionnaire and in-depth
school, since teachers found it easy to engage students by using social Interview
media. However, some teachers consider social media to adversely affect Data Analysis: Interactive Model
the development of student learning. This study aims to determine the
teachers' perspective on the development of social media, and its
utilization as a learning tool

Findings
and
Discussion
Negative A.
Teachers'
Perspective
on
Social
Media
Development
among
Junior
High
School
Students

33% Junior High School English teachers in Solo view the development of social media as a development that
has both positive and negative impacts. Teachers who see social media as having a positive impact use
Positive social media as a learning tool for grouping them in a group, such as whatsapp or telegram and then
assigning certain tasks to them. However, some teachers also view the development of social media as
67% having negative impacts on children because social media developed today is very little allocated for
education and self-development of children, and still in the level for fun or entertainment.

B.
Teachers'
Perspective
on
Social
Media
Impacts
towards

Students
Learning
Process
and
their
Achievements
Junior High School English teachers in Solo said that social media gives both positive and negative
influences for learning activities and student achievement. For some teachers, the development of social
Positive media helps them to provide innovative learning tools to their students, as they argue that students will be
Negative more enthusiastic about activities that use social media. However, some teachers view the negative effects
30% of social media learning process and student learning outcomes. It is mentioned by one of the respondents
30% that students who rarely use social media or use smartphones with parental supervision have much better
achievements, not only in terms of achievement but also attitude

Neutral
40% C.
Teachers'
Perspective
on
Media
Social
Utilization
in
Teaching
and
Learning
Process
Junior high school English teachers in the use of social media in the learning process show positive trend in
which teachers choose to use social media as a task at home rather than to use it in the classroom. The use
of social media in learning English is by giving them the task of English speaking and then posting the
English video on social media accounts. Social medial can also be used to implement learning materials
such as telling the experience, as well as making a description.

Conclusion
From the explanation above we know that some teachers use social media as learning tool in the teaching and
learning process, and even for giving students' assignment. Teachers in the classroom tend to use the social media for
sharing knowledge between the members of the classroom. Nevertheless, some other teachers see that social media
give bad influence towards students' learning process, since students who use a lot of social media tend to get lower
learning outcomes than those who do not actively use social media. This study suggests that the use of social media for
learning is better implemented outside the classroom as a learning task and should be supervised and limited by parents
at home.