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Here, the students become autonomous learners and are able to direct their own learning to achieve their own goal to be better.
3. English Language Education Field
This research explored any information related to the students’ perception on the use of video camera to record the students’ performance when they were doing
teaching practice in microteaching class. The video camera can be used in various and creative ways for every subject related to English Language education field. The
use of video camera can improve English Language education quality as long as the students are willing to eliminate any anxiety or novelty feeling related to the use of
video camera. As a result, the use of video camera can lead the students to be autonomous learners. Furthermore, the English material designs and techniques can
be enriched by the use of video camera in order to support the teaching learning activity and to make the students more autonomous.
4. Future researchers Finally, for the future researchers, the researcher hopes that this research
could inspire them to conduct further research related to the use of video camera or to enrich the existing research. The research could be related to the effect of students’
next performance after they are watching their recorded teaching practice and the effect of watching the student’s recorded teaching practice.
F. Definition of Terms
1. Perception In this study, according to Altman, et.al. 1985: 85, perception is defined as
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meaningfully. In other words, perception is the way how people view their environment. Another definition, as defined by Warga 1983: 207, perception is a
meaningful translation from physical energy that we feel or sense. Here, our senses feel the form of physical energy which is interpreted as a message in the brain as
sensation. The combination of sensations are, then, translated into meaning. Based on both definitions, it can be concluded that everyone has his or her
own view on something he or she experiences in an occasion or feels in the environment. The same object or event could be perceived differently by different
person, which then leads to different behavioural responses or attitudes. Relating to this study, perception is the way how the students feel, think about, and consider
something, in this case is the use of video camera in microteaching classes. 2. Microteaching
In this study, Microteaching is one of the compulsory courses offered in Faculty of Teachers Training and Education which trains the students the basic skills
needed to be teachers. In Sanata Dharma University, especially in English Education Study Program, this subject is included in the curriculum as Kelompok Mata Kuliah
Keahlian Berkarya KPE 360. In Microteaching class, the sudents are trained to be
competent and well qualified teachers. They are trained to master essential teaching skills including set induction, set closure, questioning and stimulus variation skills,
explaining and reinforcement skills Pedoman Pengajaran Mikro, 2005. Here, the students learn how to do peer teaching in a simulated class and to teach lower
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3. Video Camera Video Camera is a facility provided by Sanata Dharma University to record
the students’ performance when they are teaching in microteaching class. This tool records objects or actions and replays what has been recorded vividly and
objectively. The video camera used in Sanata Dharma University is Panasonic. It is a mini video digital. This camera has PCM audio dubbing and adjustable microphone
level. Therefore, this camera can record moving objects and actions as well as the sound produced by the objects or the actors. This camera is manually controlled. An
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
