Students’ Perception Based on the Observations of Students’ Behavior in
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doing something that was unrelated to the English lesson while their friends were retelling the video content. The last activity in this section was singing a song.
The video showed the song text and all students sang the song together. From the observation above, there was information that could be analyzed
and concluded. The information focused on the students’ behavior since from the students’ behavior, it could be seen what the students’ perception was. Below was
the analysis. According to Piaget as cited in Barry, 2003, Senior High school
students like to learn something using visual aids, illustration, simple graphs and diagrams. They like to be taught using step by step explanation. They like to share
their ideas through question and answer session and discussion. They also like to work in pairs or groups.
Based on the observation, the use of video gave the students visual aids and illustration. The activities used in the teaching and learning process were done
step by step and the students sometimes had to do the works in pairs or groups. The students were also given many chances to share their ideas about the video
content. The students’ behavior before viewing was considered positive. They
were active in answering teacher’s questions about the topic they were going to learn. Most students also paid attention to the teacher’s explanation about the
material. The students’ behavior during viewing was also considered positive. All
students really paid attention to the video. Moreover, at the first viewing, the
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video was played with the sound off. Therefore, they watched the video seriously, some students frowned their forehead that showed that their mind was thinking
about the video that was played. Even some students took notes. Sometimes they laughed when the story was funny. Sometimes they gave comments directly about
the happening in the video. It meant that all students were interested in the video. When they finished watching the video with the sound off, they did the focus
viewing assignment seriously. The researcher observed that they remembered what the story told from the focus viewing assignment. When they watched the
video with the sound on, they paid more attention to it since they were curious whether their ideas about the video were right or wrong. They could also answer
the teacher’s questions related to the video that they watched. It meant that they understood the story in the video. They were more curious when the video did not
play until the end. They were quite active in sharing their ideas about the ending. Then, when they watched the ending and in fact their ideas were different from
what was played in the video, they were surprised and laughed. The researcher really observed that all students were enthusiastic and enjoyed the teaching and
learning process using video. The students’ behavior after viewing was quite positive. They listened to
the teacher’s instruction. They did the conversation in pairs using the video topic. Most students were active. However, the researcher observed that three to four
students did not do the conversation seriously. They had another topic that was chatted to their friends. In the first observation, no students looked sleepy.
However, in the second observation, the researcher found two students who
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yawned. There were also some students who were writing or drawing something that was unrelated to the English lesson while their friends were retelling the
video content in front of the class. Perhaps, they became bored since they did nothing only listening to their friends’ speech. It meant that students preferred
being active to passive. On the other hand, the students who were retelling the video content in front of the class were enthusiastic. They spoke in loud and clear
voices. Although they made some mistakes, they tried to correct them and continue speaking. It meant that students who did the speaking did not feel bored.
They were happy since they could obtain the chance to retell the video content. From the analysis of the students’ behavior in the observation above, the
researcher could obtain some conclusions. First, Senior High students enjoyed learning English using videos. Second, they liked active activities such as having
a conversation or a group work that asked them to have an interaction with other students. Third, they liked to have video songs. The last, in general, Senior High
students were interested in learning English using video since they showed positive behavior toward the use of videos in the teaching and learning process.
Based on the theory from Bootzin 1983: 120 that perception can influence students’ behavior and motivation, it can be said that if students have
positive perception, it will lead them to have positive behavior. It meant that students of SMK Negeri 2 Depok, Yogyakarta, Teknik Komputer Jaringan class,
based on the observations, had positive perception because they have positive behavior toward the use of videos in learning English.
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