STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS ON READING IN LITERAL READING CLASS USING PRINTED TEXT AND DIGITAL TEXT AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF STKIP PGRI JOMBANG

Abstract

Technological  developments  in  the  current  era  of  globalization  have  certainly entered the realm of education, where technology that is growing rapidly and very modern also affects  the way students  learn. One of  them  is  in  learning media which also  follows technological developments, especially media for reading such as digital text. The purpose of  this study was  to find out how students perceive reading using digital  text and printed text  in Literal Reading material. The participants of  this study were 2020A students who took the Literal Reading course. This research method uses asurvey method in the form of a  questionnaire  adapted  from  Demirici  (2007).  Quantitative  data  was  collected  using online questionnaires posted on Google  forms. Meanwhile, qualitative data was collected using  interviews  with  2020A  students.The  results  of  the  study  showed  that  students’ perceptions of  them prefer  reading printed  texts because  it  is motivating,  interesting, and in accordance with their expectations of how to read. The main problem they encountered in reading digital text was because the light from the screen could  irritate their eyes, it was difficult to focus and they were not used to reading using digital text. From this study,  the lectures of Literal Readingncan get more in-depth information about 2020A class students, who  pay  more  attention  to  the  learning  materials  that  are  in  accordance  with  the
appropriate aspects.

Key Words  :student’s perception , digital text, printed texts