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Using a descriptive quantitative approach, data were collected from 100 participants (50 high school students and 50 university students) with prior experience using digital comics. A four-point Likert scale questionnaire was applied, and findings showed learners prefer Webtoon, with digital comics improving comprehension, supporting vocabulary acquisition, and increasing engagement.","| DIGITAL COMICS (WEBTOON) FOR EFL READING COMPREHENSION: LEARNER PREFERENCES AND PERCEPTUAL FACTORS\u003Cbr>Muhammad Rizal Afandi1 , Putu Dian Danayanti Degeng2\u003Cbr>1,2English Educational Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya Malang, Indonesia\u003Cbr>* Corresponding Author: [dian_degeng@ub.ac.id](dian_degeng@ub.ac.id) |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| A R T I C L E I N F O\u003Cbr>Article history:\u003Cbr>Received : Sep 07, 2025\u003Cbr>Revised : Oct 26, 2025\u003Cbr>Accepted : Nov 25, 2025\u003Cbr>Available online : Nov 30, 2025\u003Cbr>Keywords:\u003Cbr>Digital Comics, EFL Reading Comprehension, Learner Preferences, Perceptual Factors | A B S T R A K\u003Cbr>This research investigates the preferences and perceptions of English learners toward the use of digital comics as a medium for enhancing reading comprehension. Using a descriptive quantitative approach, the data were collected from 100 participants mixed between 50 high school students and 50 university students with prior experience in digital comic usage. A four-point Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect the data, then the data that was collected explained by a descriptive quantitative method. The data were analyzed using a descriptive quantitative to provide a clear overview of participants’perceptions based on the Likert-scale. The findings revealed that the majority of the students preferably use webtoon instead of other digital comics for learning. The |  |\n| findings can be reported that digital comics significantly improve reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary acquisition, and engage more compared to traditional reading materials. More than half of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed with statements across all of the statements, indicating consistently positive perceptions. Engagement and motivation were strongly influenced by the visual and interactive features of digital comics, while language proficiency and prior experience emerged as key factors shaping perceptions. The results highlight the potential of digital comics as an innovative learning media that makes reading more interesting. These findings highlight the pedagogical value of digital comics especially webtoon in language education to improve both comprehension and learner motivation. |  |  |\n| This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license. Copyright © 2025 by Author. Published by Universitas Bina Bangsa Getsempena |  | |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nReading comprehension is the ability to break down, decode, combine what you already know, understand, and clearly understand the words, sentences, or compositions, especially the content and its contexts (Abbas K, 2021) . In learning English, reading comprehension is as important as any other skills. It is aligned with the statement from Suhaila et al. (2025) The ability to understand texts is considered a crucial skill of great importance in education, significantly influencing students' academic success. Almuslimi  \nP-ISSN: 2355-004XE-ISSN: 2502-6801 | 139  \nF (2020) also stated that reading is a crucial component in educational settings of a foreign language learning. Aside from how important reading comprehension is, students'reading comprehension on EFL remains low. Students' lack of motivation, low prior knowledge, and poor English vocabulary are three important reasons why they have trouble understanding what they read (Nanda & Azmy, 2020) . Students are still facing alot of limitations and challenges.  \nOne of the limitations is that, reading activities at school are only done during teaching and learning sessions. Library reading activities are rarely conducted, and when they occur, they are usually part of learning activities carried out in the library (Sari et al, 2020). Beside that, students also face some challenges, and one of them is that they tend to have a limited knowledge or vocabulary regarding reading comprehension. In other research conducted by Septia et al. 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