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.
