Teachers’ Perception on the use of Flashcards in the Teaching of English

lusi chayatun nurul; drs. h. bahrul hasibuan, m.ed.;

Gayuh Ratnacita Hutami: 1601055073, Teachers’ Perception on the use of Flashcards in the Teaching of English. A Paper. Jakarta: The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, Jakarta, 2020.
The aim of the study is to find the empirical evidence of the teachers’ perception on the use of flashcards in the teaching of English. The question of the research was “what is the teachers’ perception on the use of flashcards as an English instruction media?”
By using quantitative and qualitative approaches, descriptive case study method, the writer collected the data. The quantitative data was used to support the descriptive elaboration of the factual data finding by means of a questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed online (Google form) with the specific criteria for the respondent that is English teachers in the East Jakarta area. The data sources of this study were 100 English teachers taken using Slovin’s formula from the total number of 581 English teachers of both public and private Junior Secondary School in East Jakarta. The data sources were distributed based on 10 sub-districts in East Jakarta, they are Cakung (16), Cipayung (11), Ciracas (6), Duren Sawit (31), Jatinegara (4), KramatJati (5), Makasar (6), Matraman (2), PasarRebo (9), and PuloGadung (10). After collecting the data, the writer analyzed the data descriptively.
The findings showed that the teachers have positive perceptions on the use of flashcards in the teaching of English. The teachers perceived flashcards is an instruction media that is interesting, useful, effective, easy to organize, and has positive effects on students’ learning outcomes.