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Developing multimedia-based listening material for self-instruction: material-centered approach / Pauline Puspita Claudie
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ABSTRACT Claudie Pauline Puspita. 2006. Developing Multimedia-based Listening Material for Self-instruction material-centered approach. Thesis Department of English Education Faculty of Letters of State University of Malang. Advisors (I) Drs. Fachrurrazy M.A. Ph.D (II) Dra. Utari Praba Astuti M.A. Keywords material-centered approach to self-instruction multimedia listening skill listening material and material development. Supplementary listening materials to give students maximum exposure outside classroom context and help them to develop a sense of responsibility and independence to their own learning are badly needed but currently simply unavailable. This study strived to develop a prototype of such materials to be used by students of intermediate and upper intermediate level of proficiency studying English in AZET Language Centre Malang. The developed material was supposed to able to maximize students listening exposure for outside-classroom use thus improve their listening skill as well as help them to exercise responsibility over their own learning. Further this study was also to demonstrate a way to develop multimedia-based listening material for self-instruction study by exploiting the resourcefulness of internet and multimedia technology which might be beneficial for teachers in need of such listening material. This study followed seven instructional material development steps i.e. (1) establishing a list of language learning theories (2) conducting need analysis (3) selecting potential texts (4) developing the material (5) conducting material evaluation comprising expert judgment and material try out (6) revising the materials to come to the last stage of the development (7) the final product. Needs analysis was used to formulate the objectives of the developed materials. It was conducted on the third week of July 2006 from the 15th to the 17th. Questionnaire and observation were used as data collecting instruments. The questionnaire consisted of close-ended and open-ended items. The questionnaire was administered to eight students studying English in Azet Language Centre Malang. The observation was utilized to collect data on the respondents current English proficiency and listening materials used to teach the respondents. The data obtained from the need analysis together with the list of language learning theories then were used to build a framework for material development. There was also a material mapping to guide the development of the materials. The result of the development was a multimedia self-instruction listening material in a DVD format with menu buttons to access two kinds of listening texts material instructions scripts or subtitles keys reflection and a student s package consisting of worksheets for whilst and post-listening activities and additional materials for two of the post-listening activities in the form of magazine article and a part of an English novel. The validation of the material was conducted to assess the developed materials and to generate data to be used in revising it. There were two kinds of i material evaluation conducted in this study expert judgment and material try-out. Expert judgment was given by a lecturer teaching listening comprehension classes. She was to evaluate the material on the basis of usability content pedagogy and presentation. The material try-out was administered to seven out of the eight respondents involved in the need analysis. They were to assess the developed material on the basis of the material s usability appropriateness attractiveness and strengths and weaknesses. The result of the try-out showed that (1) all of the respondents gave a positive response to the material. The main strengths of the developed material were the novelty of the material and the attractiveness of its texts and post-listening activities. The weakness was on the bad sound quality of the material instruction. Thus the recommendation of the study was focused on the re-recording of the instruction to generate a better sound quality for the material s instruction. The try-out also revealed that (2) students showed a positive attitude toward using materials for self-instruction for studying listening at home. This was because they had control over what listening texts to choose and when to do it. Apprehensive respondents as well as those in favor of working individually valued the opportunity provided by the material that they could repeat and do the material at their own pace.