PERCEPTIONS OF EFL STUDENTS ON READING-WHILE-LISTENING USING AUDIOBOOKS

Juanita Maharani Putri

Abstract


Reading-while-Listening (RWL) can be used as an approach to increase students’ reading comprehension. It received positive responses from students for improving their reading ability. There are many audiobooks available to assist students to do RWL. Therefore, this study was conducted to gather students’ perceptions on RWL using any audiobooks. This study focused on the students’ perceptions of the audiobooks availability and quality of audio, the RWL activity, and English skills perceived improvement after RWL. Quantitative survey design was used in this study. The data were collected using a questionnaire distributed to 86 EFL students from the 2023 cohort. The data gathered from questionnaires were presented in the form of bar charts and then were analysed using percentages. The results indicated that the students have positive perceptions on audiobooks availability and quality of audio, the RWL activity, and English skills perceived improvement after RWL.

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