DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE LEARNING MULTIMEDIA FOR TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS READING TO GRADE VII STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 NGEMPLAK

Abstract

This educational research and development (R & D) aimed: 1) to discover the needs of Grade VII students of SMP Negeri 1 Ngemplak in terms of learning descriptive texts reading, 2) to discover the characteristics of appropriate interactive learning multimedia that can be used to support the teaching and learning process of descriptive texts reading in SMP Negeri 1 Ngemplak, 3) to develop the appropriate interactive learning multimedia for teaching descriptive texts reading to Grade VII students of SMP Negeri 1 Ngemplak. The subjects of the study were Grade VII students of SMP Negeri 1 Ngemplak with 32 students of Class VII-A as the sample of the population. The research procedure followed the ADDIE model proposed by Taylor (2004) with some modification. The instruments used were the needs analysis questionnaire and the expert judgment rating scale. The data analyzing technique used was the quantitative data analysis. The research findings showed that the product was appropriate to be implemented. The mean score of the materials was 3.6 while that of the media aspects is 3.58. Both scores were valued as “Very Good”.

Keywords: research and development, interactive learning multimedia, descriptive texts reading