Teachers’ perception towards the use of interactive multimedia in the ESL classroom / Nor Amimah Shuib

The fact that many English as a Second Language (ESL) learners are not motivated and interested to learn due to the classroom lessons which fail to cater their interest and are not productive enough triggers this study which attempt to find out teachers’ perception towards the use of Interactive Multimedia in ESL classroom. Many scholars claim that this approach is effective to provide fun and meaningful learning environment which makes learners feel motivated and therefore, influences their understanding and achievement. A quantitative data collection method was used, which was a survey incorporating a questionnaire; to ascertain the degree of teachers’ awareness, difficulties and readiness to integrate this approach in their lesson. The research also looked at whether their age, gender, ethnic group, years of experience and level of education does influence their perceptions. The sample consisted of 24 English teachers from six schools around Kuching; 12 of them were from urban schools and the other 12 were from rural schools in order to compare teachers’ perception between both urban and rural schools. The survey uncovered that the teachers were highly aware of the benefit of IMM approach regardless of their demographic background as mentioned before. However, in terms of readiness, it was concluded that the teachers need more training in this field in order to improve their skills to be able to fully utilize the advantages of IMM approach and prepare them for the successful ESL lessons.