University Students’ Perceptions on the Verbal Intraction in Whats App Chat Group

Abstract

Verbal interactions will occur when both lecturer and learners could completely understand what each other means. It happens verbally among the teacher and learners during the teaching and learning activity. This study aims to examine the university students’ perception on verbal interaction through WhatsApp chat group. A qualitative descriptive method was used to achieve the objective of this study. Observation and a questionnaire were employed as tools for data collection. A total number of 14 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners involved in this study. The finding revealed that university students’perception on verbal interaction gave the positive feedba ck towards WhatsApp chat group. This proves that ordinarily learners selected agree with utilizing WhatsApp chat group in doing verbal interaction. Hence, utilizing of WhatsApp chat group can be recommended as an efficient technique in verbal interaction for teaching and learning process