9. The Participants
The participants of the study were one class of 50 arts and humanities male learners in the age group of 18-20, studying English at the Preparatory Year Programme at Jazan University, KSA. These participants were exposed to PowerPoint slides and PowerPoint presentations regularly during one semester of their course of study by the researcher. Therefore, to investigate the learners’ perceptions about the effect of PowerPoint presentations, the selection of these core group learners was of great importance to the study.