Discussion Teachers’ understanding of ELT media

76 language teaching. It can be seen from the score of each statement which asked about the advantage of media in certain concern. Statements number 7, 8, and 12 are especially asked to examine the teacher view about the role of media in assisting teaching learning activity based on his her personal experience so far. Statement number 7 asked whether media are interesting items to be applied in English language teaching. The score of this statement is 91. It means, most of the teachers agree with the statement. The next statement which is statement number 8 asked whether media applicable to the teacher him herself English class. The score for this statement is 93 and this is the highest score for this particular dimension. Undoubtedly, the score shows that most of the teachers totally agree with the statement. Meanwhile, the last statement of this group which is question number 12 asked whether the class becomes livelier when media are applied in the teaching and learning process. The result shows that most of the teachers have very good view toward this statement. It can be seen from the achieved score which is 86. The next three statements, respectively number 9, 10 and 11 are provided to reveal the teacher view about the role of media for him herself as an English teacher. Statement number 9 asked whether media make the teacher gain more confident in facilitating teaching and learning process. The score of this statement is 89 which is categorized as a very good view. The next statement asked about the effectiveness and efficiency concern of media in assisting the teacher to present the teaching material. The score for this statement is 85 which means most of the teachers have a positive view of the statement. The last statement of this group which is statement number 11 deals with the ability of media in assisting PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 77 the teacher to reach his her teaching target. The result shows a positive response. It can be seen from the score which is 85. The last three statements aimed at investigating the teachers’ views about the role of media specifically for the students of English language teaching. Statement number 13 asked whether it is more comprehensible when the teacher uses media to deliver the material. The score for this statement is 86. It shows that most of the teachers have a very good view toward this statement. Revealing the information about teachers’ views about the role of media in assisting the students to recognize linguistic aspect is the objective of statement number 14. The score for this statement is 85. It is the least score for this view group but still, it is categorized as a very good view. Statement number 15 however, asked whether media can situate a better learning process for producing linguistic aspects activity. Same as the previous statement, the score of this statement is 85, which shows that most of the teachers have a good view toward the statement. The elaboration above reveals that all of the statements are responded in a positive way. Hence, the researcher can conclude that the result shows that the teachers have a good view of ELT media.

2. Data from the Interview

This particular section delivers the result of some of the interview process. The researcher will present the answers of two questions that are asked to the interviewees which are expected can support and enrich the result of the data of the questionnaire. The questions aim to examine how the interviewees as English teachers, view media, after applying them in their English class and experiencing the result of the application. The first question asked the interviewees whether 78 there are any significant criteria in selecting media to be presented in the classroom. While the second question asked if the teacher finds any difficulty during the media application. The answers of the interviewees are quite various for the first question. The first interviewee argued that back to basic benefits of instructional media, that she has to make sure that the media are really worth to be used and the interviewee also pays more concern on the flexibility of media themselves. She said, The media should be the ones which can efficiently help me to achieve the teaching objective. For your information, the school language laboratory is currently cannot be used for some reason, that is why I really concern with the flexibility of the media. They should be handy and need less supporting tools to be operated. One more thing, I only use the media that I really familiar with and master to. Interviewee 1 In line with the previous interviewee, the second interviewee puts more concern on his media mastery. He said, I only apply media that suitable with the context of my teaching material. I also prefer to use media that I really master to, with the hardware that I am really able to operate. Interviewee 2 The third interviewee adds one thing or two that she really concerns with, in selecting media for her English class. She said, I only use media that enjoyable, since it will be easier for me to achieve the teaching objective. I also prefer to use media that can be supported by less error hardware media, whether it is about the electricity or internet connection. Interviewee 3 The next question which asked to the interviewees is what kind of difficulty the teacher face during media application in the English language