@thesis{thesis, author={Sesilia }, title ={English department students' perceptions on instructional media used to teach introduction to linguistics and discourse analysis}, year={2019}, url={http://repository.ukwms.ac.id/id/eprint/19570/}, abstract={The important point of teaching and learning at school is the effects of classroom environment on students? learning outcomes. Teachers should create an effective classroom environment to build an academic environment that increases students? interest in learning by using teaching methods, techniques, and media. The purpose of this study is to describe the students? perception of instructional media used to teach linguistics subjects and to investigate the types of instructional media that the students of English Department mostly like. This research used in this study is the mixing method. The subjects of this study are 33 students who passed Introduction to Linguistics and Discourse Analysis class in the academic year 2015/2016. The data needed was collected through a questionnaire distributed to the participants of this study and was strengthened by an interview. They experienced in using Instructional Media: Computer-based media i.e. PowerPoint Presentation, whiteboards, and course books in learning Introduction to Linguistics and Discourse Analysis courses. For the results, the researcher found that mostly the students had a positive perception of the three instructional media. The computer-based media is the first rank selected by students as positive instructional media used to study Introduction to Linguistics and Discourse Analysis courses. The students who agree and strongly agree is 143 students and students who disagree and strongly disagree are 88 students. The second instructional media chosen by students is the course book, students who agree and strongly agree is 141 students and students who disagree and strongly disagree are 90 students. The last instructional media chosen is a whiteboard, students who agree and strongly agree is 122 students and students who disagree and strongly disagree are 109 students.} }