-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Premise Journal Volume 10 No 2, October 2021, e-ISSN: 2442-482x, p-ISSN: 2089-3345, page 183-200 Copyright@2021 Premise: Journal of English Education and Applied Linguistics https://fkip.ummetro.ac.id/journal/index.php/english Jannah & Hentasmaka --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE USE OF DISCORD APPLICATION IN VIRTUAL ENGLISH LEARNING: AN INVESTIGATION ON STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS by Evi Isfiatul Jannah STKIP PGRI Jombang, East Java Indonesia evi.isfiatul.jannah@gmail.com Daning Hentasmaka STKIP PGRI Jombang, East Java Indonesia d.hentasmaka@gmail.com Received: August 26, 2021 reviewer: August 2021 Reviewed1: September 22,2021 reviewed2: September 27, 2021 Accepted: October 4, 2021, published: October 20,2021 Abstract: Discord application, a voice and text chat platform usually used for games, social, class, or business groups, started to be used as one of the alternative media in virtual learning. A deeper investigation was conducted to get more information about students’ perception of virtual learning by using Discord application. This study implemented a qualitative research design, especially a case study. The data were collected from tertiary education students who were experienced in virtual English learning by using Discord application by distributing an online questionnaire and doing interviews. Based on the results of data analysis, it was found that 89.72% of the students positively perceived the use of Discord application in virtual English learning. Some advantages of virtual learning by using Discord application found in the study were elaborated. Key Words: Discord Application, Students’ Perception, Virtual English Learning. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, as technology has developed, the teaching and learning processes could be done offline (face-to-face) and online (virtual learning). Virtual learning refers to the learning process or learning experience in a virtual classroom that was enhanced through utilizing computers or the internet both outside and inside the facilities of the educational organization (Pannen, 2002; Racheva, 2017). Different from the offline learning that should took place at the same time and place, virtual learning, or also called online learning, did not have the time and space limitations, and therefore, made teaching and learning separable via internet-based information PJEE