STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD TEACHER’S INDONESIAN LANGUAGE USE IN EFL CLASSROOM

Abstract

This study aimed to find out the perceptions of students toward the use of Indonesian language by the teacher as a supporting language of instruction in EFL classroom and it was to find out the benefits of the Indonesian Language use by the teacher as the supporting language of instruction in EFL classroom. This study used a qualitative method with a case study as a design of this study. The participants of this study were 36 students of 10 48th grade at vocational high school in Bogor. This study gained the data from questionnaire and interview. The finding revealed that most of students gave the positive perceptions toward the use of Indonesian language as the supporting language of instruction in EFL classroom.
Then, most of them argued that the use of Indonesian language gave them some benefits in learning English.