Indigenous Student’s Perception on Multimedia Learning as an Approach in Enhancing Reading Comprehension Skills

Abstract

Reading comprehension is one of the language skills needed in processing the language, especially in comprehending information. Despite its importance, many of the students failed to perform comprehension skills well. Some of the reason was their lack of language proficiency and unsuitable approaches used by the teachers. Technology has been in favours among teachers and students in teaching practices, especially the use of multimedia because it has proven to help them in learning the language. Thus, this study aimed to find out indigenous students’ perception of multimedia learning as an approach to enhancing their reading comprehension skills. Besides that, the alluring features of multimedia learning have ignited the need to explore its potential in helping indigenous students learn comprehension skills better. This study relied heavily on the questionnaire to obtain comprehensive data from the students.  The surveys employed four sections that covered attention, motivation, relevance, and satisfaction. The findings showed the students agreed that multimedia learning is the right approach in enhancing their reading comprehension skills. Despite that, some of the students disagree with the use of audio elements in multimedia learning as it hinders the learning process.