Abstrak
To master English, students do not only get the materials from what they have learned in the class given by the teachers. They can explore various things to support their understanding on English. Therefore, students are required to independently learn to sharpen their English skills. Sometimes, it is difficult for students to build and develop their English learning attitudes, due the lack of encouragement from parents and teachers to introduce online learning applications to support their English skills, especially on vocabulary. The role of online learning applications is recently very helpful for students to overcome their difficulties in learning vocabulary. The purpose of this research was to figure out the perception of MTs Negeri Tarakan students to the use of Memrise application for their vocabulary learning. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. The population was 384 students of MTs Negeri Tarakan and the research samples were 33 male students from grade 7A of MTs Negeri Tarakan collected through a purposive sampling technique. The data were obtained from interviews and questionnaires. The results show that Memrise application could help the students learn English vocabulary. Since Memrise application can be accessed anywhere and anytime, the students can learn vocabulary whenever they want. Thus, the use of Memrise application greatly supported the students’ English learning attitudes to overcome their learning difficulties, especially on vocabulary.