Students' perceptions towards reading english printed and digital materials : the case of study : students of English at Bejaia's University

Abstract

The present study seeks to analyze the students' perceptions toward reading English printed and digital materials. It aims at discovering the type of reading materials that are adopted and preferred by the students, in addition to the reasons that stand behind their preference to a specific reading material. In this regard, (63) LMD students at the department of English language, University of Bejaia were chosen randomly and fairly from each level as a sample of our research. On this basis, we hypothesized that learners prefer reading digital materials rather than printed materials. In order to confirm or reject our hypothesis, and respond to our research questions, the current study went through a mixed methodology by combining between both quantitative and qualitative methods. For the sake of collecting data a student's questionnaire was adopted, this later consists of close-ended, open-ended, and a multiple choice questions. The results driven from the data collected reveal that students prefer using both printed and digital materials while reading. Accordingly, our hypothesis is rejected and our research questions ended by answers. As a result, printed and digital materials for reading goes together, the reader cannot depend on one type over the other. Both types of reading materials are interesting and helpful depending on the situation the reader is in