THE PERCEPTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) BASED MEDIA IN TEACHING ENGLISH AT BTA 70 COURSE

Teachers and students play a key role in the successful integration of ICT into
learning English. ICT-based learning will only succeed if teachers and students
have a positive attitude towards the use of ICT. In this context, an empirical
picture of teacher-student perceptions is essential as a basis for integrating ICT
into the learning process. The aims of this study were to explore and analyze
students’ and teachers’ perceptions, students and teachers’ challenges, and
benefits for teaching and learning toward the use of ICT in Teaching English at
BTA 70 course. This study was mixed method study. There are 416 students and
15 teachers became sample in this study and to get the sample, the writer used
purposive random sampling. The researcher used questionnaire for collecting the
data. They are closed-ended questionnaire and open-ended questionnaire. The
techniques were used by the researcher to analyze the data are quantitative and
qualitative. The results of this research showed the student's perception is strongly
positive (77,27%), for teachers’ perception is also positive. Then, there are
challenges faced by teachers and students, for teachers’ challenges are limited
accessibility network connection, limited technical support at BTA 70 course, and
lack of teachers’ competency in using ICT tools. And students’ challenge is
limited time. The benefits of ICT in teaching process are teachers have various
method, teachers motivate students in learning. The benefits of ICT in learning
process The students improve their learning and learn independently. The use of
ICT in learning process gave positive things for learning and teaching process,
That is why, the use of ICT in teaching English is needed for teachers and
students.
Keywords: Benefits, BTA 70, Challenges, ICT Media, Perception