STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON POWTOON AS AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING MEDIA IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) SECONDARY SCHOOLLEARNERS

Abstract

The background of this research was the student learning activities, students‟ reading comprehension abilities in English are low, students‟ lack enthusiasm to learn and lack of variety of learning media. The purpose of this study was to unpack students‟ perception on PowToon in teaching reading comprehension at IX Grade SMP Al-Hikmah Medan and to describe how PowToon effectiveness for student in reading comprehension at IX Grade SMP Al-Hikmah Medan 2023/2024. This research was conducted with descriptive qualitative research approach by Creswell (2009). The data was obtained through questionnaires and interviews. The source of data used 30 students to answer 20 questions of the questionnaires related to the students‟ perception then to support the data from questionnaires 10 students answer 5 questions from interview and the question also related to the students‟ perception. The data analysis technique used in this research was qualitative data analysis technique (Miles, Huberman, and Saldana, 2014). The results of this study showed that students have positive and negative perceptions of PowToon as an interactive learning media in teaching English reading comprehension during the teaching and learning process and based on students' perceptions, using PowToon is more effective, because it attracts students in the learning and teaching process and students also feel happy and very active when learning.