UTILIZATION OF JAPANESE LEARNING CONTENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG JAPANESE LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Abstract

Educational users of social media content is currently increasing along with the times, especially during the covid-19 pandemic and even afterward. Educational content is beneficial for learners to gain additional knowledge and learn through digital access. Educational content related to learning Japanese is also increasingly in demand. This study is a research on the utilization of Japanese learning content using social media among Indonesian Japanese language learners. The purpose of this study is to provide input to Japanese educational content creators for developing Japanese learning content according to the needs of learners. This research is quantitative with a survey method, and the data collection technique is a questionnaire. The respondents were 103 Indonesian Japanese learners. The result of this study is that almost all respondents use social media with educational content to learn Japanese to increase their knowledge. The most frequently used social media are Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok, while the most frequently viewed content is Japanese vocabulary, Japanese grammar, and content related to JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test). The duration that feels right is 1-10 minutes, and the time often used to utilize Japanese learning content is 18:00-24:00. So far, the references for choosing Japanese educational content are learning content, content design, and interactive content.