ANALYSIS OF EFL STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF POWERPOINT USED AS ENGLISH LEARNING MEDIA IN CLASSROOM

Rekian Paramasti Ratu,Cahya Komara

doi:10.22236/ellter.v2i1.5370

Abstract

This study investigated students' perception of PowerPoint software used as learning media in the classroom. The aim of this study to get empirical data or evidence on whether the students' perception of Microsoft PowerPoint they used for studying English, especially EFL students in the classroom. Thus, in this research, the participants involved 900 EFL students in two different layers of the school; junior and senior high schools by applying close-ended and open-ended questionnaires to gather the data. The data was analyzed through quantitative (close-ended questionnaire) and qualitative (open-ended questionnaires) method. The result of the close-ended questionnaire showed that if learning English using Ms. PPT can increase students' activeness, work up students' motivation, and improve students' English competence. In the meantime, the open-ended questionnaire also provided the same findings that more students agreed or said yes (positive side) of learning using MS. PowerPoint. Therefore, it can be concluded that students' perceptions of Ms. PowerPoint were good and exciting. Also, the students felt learning English by using Ms. PowerPoint provided more help, especially in the context of raising activeness, motivation, and English competence in EFL classroom.

Highlights

In the education world, learning media are known for their importance for the teachers to support the teaching and learning process in the classroom
The instruments were used to get empirical data of student perception the Ms PowerPoint used as learning media in EFL classroom at Jakarta area
The close-ended questionnaire consisted of 10 items number with five optional answers which did not have a correct or wrong answer; Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Neutral (N), Disagree (D), and Strongly Disagree (SD)

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Introduction

In the education world, learning media are known for their importance for the teachers to support the teaching and learning process in the classroom. The new innovation of computer technology as learning media has created a better opportunity for both students and teachers to improve English competence, such as listening and speaking with the use of advanced video media in class (Rahmi, 2014). The use of learning media is crucial to be applied, and teachers cannot neglect it for the sake of teaching and learning a matter of their students. The result indicates that using learning media of PowerPoint in the classroom is better than the traditional one (Apperson, Laws, & Scepansky, 2006)

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