Discussion Teachers’ views of ELT media
84 The other media which have good response from most of the teachers are
video documentary, tutorial and lecture and film drama, fairy tale and biography which scored 67 and 60. These results show that most of the teachers
have a good action toward these two media, or it can be said that these media are also frequently used in enhancing the students’ listening skills.
On the other hand, there are some media that seemed not to be frequently used in improving the students’ listening skill such as audio drama and picture.
The score for audio drama software is 26, while picture’s is 42. That means most of the teachers have a bad response toward those two software of media.
In addition, the rest of the media presented in the table i.e., news repost, flash card, chart and TV program are also classified in a group of software media
which are not frequently used by the teachers. It can be seen from each of the medium’s score, 16 for new report; 18 for flash card; 7 for chart; and 10 for TV
program. 2 Speaking
Table 4.5 : Software Media Usage for Speaking Skill NO.
MEDIA SCORE
CLASSIFICATION 1.
Audio recording 63
Good positive 2.
Audio drama 44
Bad negative 3.
News report 17
Very bad negative 4.
Song 35
Bad negative 5.
Picture 64
Good positive 6.
Flash card 41
Bad negative 7.
Chart 25
Very bad negative 8.
Video 54
Good positive 9.
Film 41
Bad negative 10.
TV program 9
Very bad negative Average
39 Notes:
0 ≤ x ≤ 25 : very bad response, categorized as negative action
26 ≤ x ≤ 50 : bad response, categorized as negative action
51 ≤ x ≤ 75 : good response, categorized as positive action
76 ≤ x ≤ 100 : very good response, categorized as positive action PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
85 There are three out ten software which have a good response from the
teachers, while the rest of them have bad and very bad response. One representative of each media classification which are audio recording,
picture and video are classified as media which are frequently used by the teachers. It can be seen by the score of those three media, respectively 63, 64 and
54. That means most of the teachers have a good action toward audio recording, picture and video when the objective of teaching deals with the students’ speaking
skills. However, since audio drama, song, flash card and film’s scores are in the
second range which is between 26 and 50, it can be concluded that most of the teachers do not have really good action toward those media.
It also happens to news report, chart and TV program which scores are in the lowest three 17, 25, and 9. It also shows that most of the teachers have a bad
action toward these thee media. 3 Reading
Table 4.6 : Software Media Usage for Reading Skill NO.
MEDIA SCORE
CLASSIFICATION 1.
Audio recording 38
Bad negative 2.
Audio drama 26
Bad negative 3.
News report 34
Bad negative 4.
Song 37
Bad negative 5.
Picture 53
Good positive 6.
Flash card 30
Bad negative 7.
Chart 32
Bad negative 8.
Video 36
Bad negative 9.
Film 38
Bad negative 10.
TV program 13
Very bad negative Average
34 Notes:
0 ≤ x ≤ 25 : very bad response, categorized as negative action
26 ≤ x ≤ 50 : bad response, categorized as negative action
51 ≤ x ≤ 75 : good response, categorized as positive action
86 76 ≤ x ≤ 100 : very good response, categorized as positive action
The table shows that there is only one medium which is seemed to be frequently used by the teachers in improving the students’ reading skill.
Unfortunately, the other nine media are that prior for most of the teachers to be used in English class when it deals with reading skill.
The result reveals that picture is the teachers’ favourite assistant to enhance the students’ reading skills. It can be seen from its score which is 53 and
it means most of the teachers have a good action toward that particular medium. While the rest of the media and their score, respectively audio recording;
38, audio drama; 26, news report; 34, song; 37, flash card; 30, chart; 32, video; 36, film; 38, and TV program; 13, got a negative response form the teachers. It
means most of the teachers do not have a good action toward those media in dealing with improving the students’ reading skills.
4 Writing Table 4.7 : Software Media Usage for Writing Skill
NO. MEDIA
SCORE CLASSIFICATION
1. Audio recording
42 Bad negative
2. Audio drama
26 Bad negative
3. News report
8 Very bad negative
4. Song
41 Bad negative
5. Picture
85 Very good positive
6. Flash card
54 Good positive
7. Chart
49 Bad negative
8. Video
34 Bad negative
9. Film
26 Bad negative
10. TV program
7 Very bad negative
Average 37
Notes: 0 ≤ x ≤ 25
: very bad response, categorized as negative action 26 ≤ x ≤ 50
: bad response, categorized as negative action 51 ≤ x ≤ 75
: good response, categorized as positive action 76 ≤ x ≤ 100 : very good response, categorized as positive action