PERSEPSI SISWA DALAM PENGGUNAAN ZOOM MEETING UNTUK PEMBELAJARAN BERBICARA

STUDENTS' PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF ZOOM MEETING FOR LEARNING SPEAKING

Merebaknya pandemi Covid-19 memaksa sebagian besar institusi pendidikan di seluruh dunia untuk memindahkan proses belajar mengajar mereka secara online. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu mendeskripsikan penggunaan Zoom Meeting untuk pembelajaran speaking di kelas daring meliputi tanggapan dan tantangan siswa. Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif digunakan untuk mengetahui persepsi siswa tentang penggunaan Zoom Meeting dalam pembelajaran speaking. Partisipan penelitian ini merupakan 34 siswa kelas XI di sebuah SMA swasta Gresik. Peneliti melakukan observasi partisipan dan wawancara semi terstruktur secara daring dan luring untuk mendapatkan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan siswa memberikan tanggapan yang positif bahwa mereka merasa senang dan termotivasi dalam belajar speaking menggunakan Zoom Meeting. Sementara itu, siswa juga mendapatkan berbagai tantangan dalam menggunakan Zoom Meeting saat pembelajaran yang meliputi jaringan atau akses internet, kemampuan bahasa, dan kepercayaan diri.

Kata Kunci: persepsi siswa, zoom meeting, pembelajaran berbicara.

The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic forced most education institutions worldwide to move their teaching and learning online. Zoom Meeting is a learning platform that can be used during the pandemic. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of Zoom Meetings for learning speaking in online class including student perceptions and challenges. Qualitative descriptive research was used to describe students' perceptions about the use of Zoom Meetings in learning speaking. The participants of this research were 34 students of class XI in one of private high school in Gresik. The researcher used observation and semi-structured interview in online and offline to obtain data. The results showed that students gave positive responses that they felt enjoy and motivated in learning speaking using Zoom Meeting. Meanwhile, the students also faced several challenges in using Zoom Meeting during learning which include internet network or access, language capability, and self-confidence.

Keywords: students’ perception. zoom meeting, learning speaking