Students’ and Teachers’ Opinions towards The Use of Instructional Media for English Subject (A Case Study at SMAN 3 Banda Aceh)

This case study was conducted based on the fact that the use of instructional media has developed at all educational levels. Thus, this study was undertaken to figure out students’ and teachers’ opinions on the implementation of instructional media for English subject at SMA 3 Banda Aceh. The methods of collecting the data were classroom observations and interviews. The participants for observations were sixtyseven students and three English language teachers in three different classes. The representatives for the interviews were fifteen students and the three English language teachers. The results showed that the students and teachers believed instructional media were vital in teaching learning process. However, there was a lack of instructional media usage by the teachers in the instructional process. This was due to the teachers’ limited time, adjustment constraint of instructional media to topics, and technical problems. The teachers expected instructional media’s training program to be organized. The students suggested the teachers to be more selective in choosing the instructional media, and the teachers should balance the use of media with adequate portion of explanation on the topic of discussion and good supervision on the students’ behaviors.