Students’ Perceptions Toward Language Teaching Media

Aam Alamsyah, Radik Darmawan, Santosa Santosa

Abstract

Abstract: The present study analysed the students’ perception toward the use of language teaching media in their campus. The research questions were formulated as the followings: a) What are the students’ perception toward the language teaching media used in their classroom? b) Which factors, if any, may affect their perception? c) What are the most preferred media perceived by the students? d) Which factors, if any, may affect the students’ preference? The number of the participants recruited for the present study was 80 students of Literature, Economics, and Informatics department who are currently studying in their early semesters. The present study used mixed method in which both questionnaire and interview were administered to the participants within the same day. The result indicated that most participants tended to perceive that language teaching media was very important to support their learning activity. The role of language teaching media was particularly important to help them grasp some practical skills which could not be handled by most Indonesian lecturers, such as speaking and pronunciation. More specifically, most participants were found to prefer to learn through internet. One of the most important factors affecting their preference toward the use of internet was the participants’ mobility, or job activities. Despite being the most preferred media, whatsoever, some of the participants also expressed their concern on the use of internet. They perceived that the use of media would not be effective if the lecturer did not provide sufficient guidance. They also perceived that, despite being important, excessive media exposure could incur potentially harmful impacts to the students.

Abstrak: Kajian ini menelaah persepsi para mahasiswa terhadap penggunaan media pembelajaran bahasa di kampus mereka. Pertanyaan penelitian dirumuskan sebagai berikut: a) Bagaimana persepsi para mahasiswa terhadap media pembelajaran bahasa yang digunakan di kelas mereka? b) Faktor apa, jika ada, yang mungkin mempengaruhi persepsi mahasiswa tersebut? c) Media apakah yang paling disukai oleh para mahasiswa tersebut? d) Faktor apa, jika ada, yang mungkin mempengaruhi rasa suka tersebut?. Mahasiswa yang direkrut untuk kajian ini berjumlah 80 orang mahasiswa yang terdiri dari jurusan Sastra, Ekonomi, dan Informatika dan merupakan mahasiswa di semester satu. Kajian ini menggunakan metode campuran dimana kuesioner dan wawancara diberikan pada peserta dalam hari yang sama. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa kebanyakan mahasiswa cenderung menganggap bahwa media pembelajaran bahasa merupakan media yang sangat penting untuk mendukung kegiatan belajar mereka. Peran media pembelajaran bahasa terbukti sangat penting dalam membantu para mahasiswa tersebut dalam memahami keahlian praktis yang tidak dapat ditangani oleh para dosen Indonesia pada umumnya, seperti keterampilan berbicara dan pengucapan. Secara khusus, kebanyakan mahasiswa juga diketahui lebih menyukai proses pembelajaran melalui internet. Salah satu penyebab yang mempengaruhi pertimbangan tersebut adalah mobilitas para mahasiswa ataupun kegiatan kerjanya. Namun, walaupun dianggap sebagai media yang paling disukai, beberapa mahasiswa juga mengungkapkan kekhawatirannya atas penggunaan internet tersebut. Mereka beranggapan bahwa penggunaan media tidak akan berjalan efektif jika para dosen tidak memberikan bimbingan yang memadai. Mereka juga menganggap bahwa, walaupun penting, paparan media yang berlebihan dapat menimbulkan dampak yang merugikan pada mereka.

Keywords

Persepsi mahasiswa; terhadap; media pembelajaran Bahasa

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