The definition of Media

8 process and the students can see the pictures of vocabulary especially names of objects in English.

2.3 The definition of Media

Media will help to establish the conditions for the learners to identify or describe something. There are some experts who give their opinion dealing with media: a. Media are any person, material or events; those establish conditions which enable the learners to acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes. Gerlach, Ely 1980: 241 b. Media are used to motivate students in learning. Hamalik, oemar 1993: 18 c. Media are tools or the physical things used by a teacher to facilities the instruction. Brown: J.W, Richard B.L, Fred F.H, 1969: 2-3 In other words, any special factors that help the teacher to select appropriate media should be used. Many kinds of media such as pictures, tape recorder, overhead projector, radio, television, computer, etc are very useful for the teacher to archive instructional goals of the teaching learning process and they can also be easily formed in our daily lives. In general, “media” refers to various means of communication. For example: television, radio, and the newspaper are different types of media. The term can also be used as a collective vocabulary for the press or news reporting agencies. In the computer world, “media” is also used as a collective vocabulary, 9 but refers to different types of data storage options. http:www.techterms.comdefinitionmedia. The term “media” are a plural of medium and the media the mass collectively oxford dictionary. When media refers to the mass media, it is sometimes treated as a singular form, as in: the media has shown great interest in these events. Many people think this use is incorrect and that media should always be treated as a plural form: the media has shown great interest in these events. From the definition above, media can be interpreted as any substances which an important role in teaching and learning process, they help the students or learners master the material more interestingly, through media students can see people, places and things that are far from their own experiences.

2.4 Teaching English at Elementary School

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