Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Students’ Perceptions on the Use of Film as a Media in EFL Classroom

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.
Key words: films, perception, media, English as a Foreign Language (EFL)