Using Audio – Visual Aids to Improve The Students’ Reading Skill

Abstract

<p>This article is written in order to (1) know whether the use of Audio Visual aids can improve the students’ reading skill; and (2) know the strengths and weaknesses in using Audio Visual Aids in improving the students’ reading skill. The research finding shows that the use of video as Audio Visual media combined with SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review) can enhance the students’ reading skill and the class situation in teaching and learning activity. The improvement of students’ comprehension includes: (1) Students are able to determine the main idea; (2) Students are able to identify the implicit and explicit information; (3) Students are able to determine the meaning of word; 4) Students are able to determine the purpose of the text; (5) Students are able to determine the reference of pronouns. The improvement of the students’ attitudes are: (1) The students enjoyed and interested in the class situation; (2) The students become active learners; (3) The students were not noisy during teaching learning activity;</p><p>(4) The students paid attention to the teacher.</p>

Audio-Visual as Media in Reading: Students’ Responses and Challenges

“…One of them is the text itself. Atmaja (2018) mentions that every text has a different level of difficulty and readability, structure, text content, and language use. For some students, reading an English text seems frustrating because they lack vocabulary.…”

“…In reading, the use of audio-visual will make the students engaged and help them to understand the text easily. This is because they can visualize and conceptualize what they read by using the media as guidance (Atmaja, 2018). In reading a longer passage, for example, audio-visual media provides the students with the context, so that they can get the idea of who the speaker is, what the topic is, what happens, etc.…”

“…The efficacy of using audio-visual media to teach reading had been examined in many research. The study conducted by Atmaja (2018), Asrul et al (2020), Sabiq (2018), Lestari &Wibawa (2021), andSyahputra et al (2017) found that audio-visual media could help students to become better readers. Additionally, it had a positive effect on the students' enthusiasm and motivation for learning.…”