A Narrative Inquiry Study on Language Learning Through Pop Up Book

Abstract

This research is a narrative inquiry research that focuses on students' perceptions and experiences in language learning using a pop-up book. The use of media in learning is considered very important so that researcher focused on language learning by using realia media in the form of pop-up books. Narrative inquiry research is a form of qualitative research in which researcher obtains data from documentation and student interviews. This research was conducted at MTs Muhammadiyah 13 Solokuro, at the 7th grade level with a total of 9 students. The study took place from March to May 2022. The results of this study indicate that students have a good perception of language learning using pop-up and of course they have new experiences with the methods applied in the learning. There have been many studies on the development and application of a method in learning, while this time the researcher choses to look for something different by looking at the stories, perceptions and experiences of students.

Exploring the students’ perceptions of the integration of web-based and non-web-based ICT in ELT at the vocational high school in Indonesia

“…The semi-structured interviews (Carruthers, 1990;DeJonckheere & Vaughn, 2019) were adapted from previous research (Arifatin, 2022) regarding students' perceptions of pop-up books and were divided into three criteria, namely student perceptions of the perspective of understanding (items 1-3), ease of learning (items 4-5), and learning challenges (item 6) during learning with ICT integration. The blueprint of the question from the semi-structured interview is shown in Table 2.…”

“…The data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews (Arifatin, 2022;Carruthers, 1990;DeJonckheere & Vaughn, 2019) were used because they provided opportunities for direct and one-on-one interaction between the researchers as the interviewer and the participants as the interviewees in this study. The first author conducted the interview as an intern teacher at the school studied.…”