Telegram channel as learning community to learn english: a case study of “chill english by schoolfess”

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Dhandi, Yumnanita Putri (2023) Telegram channel as learning community to learn english: a case study of “chill english by schoolfess”. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

Nowadays, individuals can learn English easily and with varied methods. They do not need to attend any formal classes for learning it. One of them is learning English from Telegram. There are many learning platforms in Telegram that learners can utilize such as Chill English by Schoolfess Channel. This qualitative research aims to identify the use of Chill English by Schoolfess channel as a learning community to learn English and the materials provided by the channel. The data was the activities and the materials uploaded in Chill English by Schoolfess channel. The findings indicated two things. First, there are several activities that learners can learn, and the activities focus on different skills such as reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The activities identified include completing the script, spelling game, listening to movie trailers, reading short English stories, recording as the navigator, and grammar quizzes with explanations. Second, the materials that learners can use are short stories, poems, scripts, letters, and movie trailers. This study highlights that the activities and materials may help enhance students’ English skills as it provides different functions and purposes. Learners can select the activities and materials that they want to learn based on their needs. The time for learning English in Telegram is also flexible, and learners can learn it when they have free time.