UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD “PAIRED AND PROBLEMS LEARNING METHOD” IN WRITING CLASS.

Language is a communicative system as a medium for expressing thoughts and emotions, without language humans cannot connect with each other. Student perceptions refer to the way students understand and interpret information, experiences or situations encountered in the educational environment. This research used qualitative descriptive method to observe English department students’ perceptions and problems that arise in implementing paired learning methods in writing class. The respondents of this research consist of 20 English department students who have taken a paragraph writing class in the 5th semester of 2022 with minimum grade of “B” at University Muhammadiyah of Malang. The researcher distributed 3 questions related to students’ perceptions of paired learning method and the problem that arise in process of implementing paired learning method as well as criticism of paired learning method. Data collection was carries out through questionnaires and interview. The aim of this research is to analyse students' perceptions of the learning that is broadcast and the problems that arise in implementing the paired learning method in writing classes. The result of this research highlights positive perceptions and problem that arise regarding the method of implementing paired learning.