Students’ Perception toward the Use of Instructional Media by the English Teacher

Abstract

This qualitative research which uses descriptive methods aims to find out students’ perception toward the use of instructional media in the teaching and learning process by the teacher. This research was conducted at MTs Negeri 2 Pesawaran. The population of this research is the eighth-grade students, and the subject is chosen purposively in order to find out their perception toward the utilization of instructional media by their English teacher. A checklist observation for the English teacher as a means to find out kinds of instructional media used by the teacher, and an open-ended questionnaire for the students which consisted of several questions regarding the utilization of instructional media by the English teacher during the teaching and learning process are used as the instruments. The result showed that the English teacher employs several instructional media during the teaching and learning process, and the students have positive perceptions on the use of instructional media by the English teacher during the teaching and learning process.