Assessing Reading Comprehension Through The Use Of Digital Media (A Case Study In Faculty Of Economics And Business, University Of Muhammadiyah Magelang)
Abstract
English language teaching in Indonesia has been focused on the teaching of reading comprehension,
including
in
Faculty
of
Economy
and
Business
at
University
of
Muhammadiyah
Magelang.
This
is
as
the
consequences
of
having
broader
opportunities
for
the
students
to
have
more
written
exposures
of
the target language. Students are expected to have not only good reading comprehension
but also the critical thinking skills which enable them to compete in the modern and
digitalized era. Various efforts and aspects have been considered including the assessment of
the students’ reading. Lecturers have hundreds of methods in assessing their students’ reading
comprehension from the traditional ones into the modern ones. Dealing with the current situation
of TEFL in Indonesia, digital media are supposed to be mastered by not only the students but
also the teachers. For higher level students, digital media are their parts of life since they always
make benefits from those media. Many have found that the use of the media can provide positive
impacts on the success of language assessment. On the contrary, the free use of the digital media
also requires the teachers to wisely apply the media in their assessment. This paper presents the
opportunities and challenges of the application of the digital media in the assessment of reading
comprehension especially for university students. This study was done in a private university in
Magelang regency, University of Muhammadiyah Magelang, through the use of case study. The
findings of this study are in terms of the positive impacts and the challenges of the use of digital
media in reading comprehension assessment.