STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF USING WORD WALL LEARNING MEDIA IN LEARNING ENGLISH IN AN INDONESIAN ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL

Abstract

The word wall learning media is a quality platform that has an attractive user interface, diverse and complete features, and an affordable price. Devices that can be used to access interactive word wall applications are computers, tablets, mobile phones, or interactive whiteboards. This study aims to see students' perceptions of the application of word wall learning media in English language learning subjects. This research is descriptive qualitative where this research will analyze the opinions of 24 students who were sampled. In this study, questionnaires were used to collect data on students' perceptions. Examining the data descriptive method was used. Based on the results of the study, it is known that students' perceptions of the application of word wall learning media make it easier for students to understand English learning are at a good level where 37.5% of students strongly agree and 62.5% of students agree that word wall learning media make it easier for students to understand lessons when teachers use word wall learning media. In addition, 50% of students strongly agree and 37.5% of students agree that the use of word wall learning media can make learning more enthusiastic, and also 50% of students strongly agree and 45.8% agree that it is interesting from the type of features, type of games, material, and appearance of the application so that it increases my attention in learning English. Therefore, the existence of this word wall learning media is very helpful for a teacher during the teaching and learning process so that learning becomes fun.