THE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS AT ISLAMIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN BLORA REGENCY

This study aimed to find out the types of instructional media used, investigate the
difficulties faced, and understand the strategies employed by teachers at Islamic Junior
High Schools in Blora Regency. Data were obtained through interview techniques. This
study used a qualitative approach to obtain information about the types of instructional
media used, the difficulties faced, and the strategies used in English language teaching.
This study involved eight respondents. The findings showed that; 1) the types of
instructional media used by English teachers to teach English in the four skills of writing,
reading, speaking, and listening are 14 (fourteen) instructional media. They were school
textbooks, pictures/flashcards, social media applications, audio learning, realia, having a
dialogue with friends, audio-visual based learning, the students themselves, western songs,
western movies or videos, and QR codes in school textbooks, podcasts, PowerPoint, and
worksheets. 2) some difficulties faced in using instru