DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM FOR LEARNING READING FOR TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 1 CANGKRINGAN

Abstrak / Ringkasan

The objectives of this study were: (1) to find out the target needs of the
grade X students of senior high school, (2) to find out the learning needs of
grade X students of senior high school, and (3) to develop appropriate
interactive multimedia for learning reading for grade X students of SMA N 1
Cangkringan.
This is a Research and Development (R&D) study. The subjects of the
study were the grade X C and D students of SMA N 1 Cangkringan. The
research procedure, adapted from ADDIE model proposed by Taylor (2004),
consisted of conducting the needs analysis, designing a course grid and a
flowchart, developing the first draft of the interactive multimedia, evaluating
the first draft, and producing the final draft. The instruments to collect the data
were needs analysis questionnaire and expert judgment questionnaire. The
data from the needs analysis were analyzed quantitatively using frequency
and percentage, and then the results were used as the basis to develop the
course grid. The quantitative data from the expert judgment were analyzed
through descriptive statistics while the comments and suggestions were used
to revise the first draft to be the final product of the interactive multimedia.
The results of the analysis of target needs of SMA N 1 Cangkringan
were (1) they learnt English for mastering English; (2) their English proficiency
were on beginner level; and (3) materials presented in the interactive
multimedia were adapted based on the students’ learning needs. Related to
the students’ learning needs, the input was a text with vocabulary list. The
length of the text was between 200 - 250 words. The font that they like was
Times New Roman sizes 12 pt. The background that they like was blue. The
navigation buttons in the interactive multimedia should be completed with
sound. This study developed three units of interactive multimedia. Each unit
consisted of Introduction, Main Activities, and Reinforcement tasks ranging
from 14 to 15 tasks. The types of activities were answering questions based
on texts, filling in the blank, matching, dragging, and clicking the words.
Most of them were designed for individual work and some were designed for
pair work. The result of the expert judgment proved that the interactive
multimedia was appropriate. The mean score for the interactive multimedia
was 3.23 which was categorized as “Good”.

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