Learners’ Perception on Their Online Reading Comprehension Learning at the English Education Department of University of Islam Malang

Abstract

Reading is the process of catching information from the text. Reading is one of important skills that students should learn in English. Through knowledge of reading, students are able to enhance their English components, such as grammar, writing, pronunciation, and speaking because many materials are provided in English. Sometimes, students feel that reading is a challenging activity as they often find the obstacle during understanding the text. There are some factors that impact reading, one of which is reading comprehension. When students have less their comprehension in reading they will assume reading is an uninteresting and bored activity. The aim of this study is to know the learners’ perception on their online reading comprehension learning at the English Education Department at the second semester of University of Islam Malang. A qualitative approach research design was used to conduct this study. The total number of participants are 30 students from second semester of English Education Department, class 2A and 2B in the academic year 2019/2020. The instruments used to collect the data were questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 30 statements that students’ perceptions about online reading comprehension. Google Form as the digital form was used to obtain the data and the result (percentages) was used to analyze the data in the present study. The finding of this research showed most of students with online reading comprehension learning because from that learning they felt comfortable and enjoyed during the learning. They also got the advantages. Even though they also faced some problems. As a result of the study, the researcher concluded that the benefits of online reading have had a substantial effect on the knowledge of learners' vocabulary, and that students have strongly focused on the educational evaluation they read during the semester. The are 4 advantages, they are: the convenience when you understand the text because of the design/facilities, save print paper, transparent screen without bad printing quality, improve online translation, online learning is helpful to understand information, online learning is important to improve reading skills and the are 3 disadvantages, they are: Incapability to leave a mark and make a notation, exhaustion of read many sentences on the light screen, and the distractions (tools and signal). The researcher expected lecturers to be able to use online reading comprehension to appraise their progress and also following this era. In conducting online reading, the lecturers should consider the availability and affordability of the facility that all of the students have to prepare for online reading. The future researchers are suggested to use other instruments or analysis technique such as doing observation, interviewing students to know their perception, using quantitative analysis or mix method to obtain the different result of study.