DEVELOPING CALL-BASED READING TASKS FOR GRADE VII STUDENTS

Abstract

The objectives of this study are: (1) to find the target needs and learning needs of the students of Grade VII of SMPN 1 Berbah and (2) to develop appropriate CALL-based reading tasks for them.Thiswas a research and development (R&D) study. The subjects were 32 students of GradeVIIstudents ofSMPNegeri 1 Berbah.The study followed R&D cycles of Borg and Gall (1983) with modified cycles of R&D research proposed by Jolly and Bolitho (1998).The target needs and the learning needs were obtained from the results of the needs analysis. The study developed three units of materials which were presented in multimedia in the form of CALL-based reading tasks. The materials were developed using Wondershare Quiz Creator as an authoring tool. Each unit consisted of eleven tasks and materials that focused on descriptive texts.

Keywords:developing materials, computer-assisted language learning (CALL), reading, wondershare quiz creator