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4. Assembling the picture series
The picture series were collected and assembled in the form of a book. The cover, the introduction page, the exercise pages, and the picture series were bound
together using rings.
b. The Little Indian Boy picture series
1. Printing the pictures
The first step of making the product was printing the final design of the picture series. The pictures of where the story took place and the puppet were
printed on ivory papers. 2.
Cutting the scrap frames The picture series were divided into two parts. They were the main pages and
scrap frames. The accessories on the scrap frames were cut. 3.
Making the puppet The printed design of the puppet was cut. Then, the
puppet‟s joints were connected by pins. After that, the puppet faces were stuck side to side using tapes.
The last, a stick was stuck on the back side of the puppet head and a string was tied on the top of the stick and the puppet‟s arms.
4. Assembling the picture series
The scrap frames were stuck on the main pages using tapes. Then, the cut accessories were stick on the scrap frames and left to dry.
5. Assessing The Media
Before the picture series were tried out for teaching listening skills to the students, those were assessed by the English teacher of SD IT Insan Cendekia,
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some students of English Education Department of Yogyakarta State University. Questionnaires were distributed to them in order to obtain data whether the media
were ready to use or should be revised.
6. Revising The Media
After obtaining the data, it was analyzed to get information about what aspects of the media that should be revised and how to do it. Once the quality of
the media met the expectation of the participants, the revision was finished.
7. Trying Out The Media
To find out the effectiveness of the media use, they were tried out for teaching English through storytelling to the fifth grade students of SD IT Insan
Cendekia.
8. Evaluating The Media
After trying out the media, questionnaires about the use of the media were also distributed to the students. The data analysis of the questionnaires was used
as the basis of the media evaluation.
9. Developing The Final Media
In this step, the final media were developed and produced based on the students‟ opinion and suggestion about the interesting, appropriate, and effective
media for storytelling activity.
C. Design Product Development Trials
1. Design of Trials
In this research, products that made a contribution to English Education department were produced. The products were two picture series of two different
