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example in this study I use a computer program as a means to improve students’ skill in writing narrative text.
2.8.2 Types of Media
Gerlach and Elly 1980:247 classify media in six types. Those are:
Still Picture, a record or a copy of a real object or event in which may be largersmaller than the objectevent it represents.
Audio Recording, is made on magnetic tape, disc, motion picture, and soundtrack. These are reproductions of actual events or sounds effects.
Motion Picture, motion picture or video tape recording is a moving image in a color or black and white produced from live action or from graphic
representation. Television, this category includes all types of audio-video electronic
distribution systems, which eventually appear on television monitor. Real things, simulation and model, this category includes people events,
object and imitation of real things. Imitation of real things can be used as a substitution for the actual objects or events. They are, in fact, life itself, often in its
natural settings. Simulation is the replication of real situation, which has been designed to be as near the actual events or process as possible. Many media
including the computers, tape recordings, and motion pictures can be used for simulation. A model is a replica, exact size or an enlargement.
Program and Computer-assisted Instruction, programs are sequences of information verbal, visual, or audio which are designed to elicit predetermined
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responses. The most common examples are programmed textbooks or instructional programs prepared for computers.
According to Kimtafsirah 1998:4 as quoted by Sudarmi, instructional media for teaching language can be classified into games, for example: word
puzzle and role playing; visual media, such as pictures, chart, and blackboard; audio media, such as radio and recorder in cassette; audio-visual media, such as
TV, movie, and computer program that produce sounds and pictures. From all categories of media above, most of them can be applied in the
classroom. According to Gerlach and Elly 1980:254, to select the appropriate media, the teacher must consider the characteristics of the students that directly
relate to the learning process, such as verbal abilities, visual and audio perception skills, experience, intelligence, motivation, personality and social skills.
Audiovisual aids as one of media are not new things in instructional world. Audiovisual aids can be interpreted as any substances which play an important
role in teaching learning process. They help students or learners master the material more interesting.
Audiovisual is a modern instructional media that is in accordance with the advance of science and technology. It consists of media that can be seen, heard
and see-heard. In other words, I conclude that audiovisual means any material that uses a combination of sign and sound to present information.
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2.9 Digital Story