STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE USE OF FILMS AS A MEDIA
IN EFL CLASSROOM
Frizka Amalia Rizki
112009012
Abstract
This research was intended to investigate students’ perception of the use of film as a media in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in SMK N 2 Salatiga, one of vocational high schools in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. There are many kinds of media that are used as tools in English a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom, one of the media, which is used in EFL classroom, is film. This study involves seventy (68 males and 2 females) participants from two EFL classrooms of Senior High School level. In obtaining the data, a questionnaire is developed. The participants were asked some questions about their perceptions of the use of films after they were taught through film for several times in their EFL classroom. The result shows that films can be used as the media in EFL classroom in this school and can be accepted by the students. The result also reveals that the students believed that films are helpful and interesting them in learning English as a Foreign Language. This study is important to be studied to find the benefits on the use of film as a media in EFL classroom, It is hoped that the result of this study can be useful for both of teachers who are teaching English as a Foreign Language and also to the students in learning English as a Foreign Language because other teachers would realize whether yes or not they will used film as media in their own teaching situation.
