Exploring EFL Students' Perception on the Use of Instructional Media in Classroom

The use of instructional media is needed in teaching-learning process in order to make them easier in learning. To make teaching-learning process work clear some lecturers used instructional media to gain their interest and make them focus, One of instructional media used by the lecturer are projector, sound speaker. The study attempted to explore students’ perceptions on the use of instructional media in classroom. More specifically, the study attempts to answer the following primary question; “how do students perceive the impact of teaching media on their learning” and “what types of teaching media are preferable for students”. The sample of the study consisted of 43 students in 8th semester of English Language Education, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Ar-raniry state islamic university. The instruments of the study are a close-ended questionnaire and interview. The statistic used for data analysis of the close-ended questionnaire, the percentage was used to analyze the participants’ responses to the questionnaire items. Qualitative analysis was used to interpret the study participants’ responses to the interview questions. The results of the study indicated that there were positive perceptions on the use of instructional media in classroom. The results of this study may also be useful for those who are interested in this field.
Keywords: Instructional media