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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

A. Conclusions

The conclusions of this research, aiming to answer the research questions in the first chapter, were generated from the findings and discussions presented in the previous chapter. This research was conducted to find the following objectives: 1 the target and learning needs of Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 4 Yogyakarta in learning the written short functional texts through interactive multimedia, and 2 the appropriate interactive multimedia to be developed for learning the written short functional texts for Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 4 Yogyakarta.

1. The Target and Learning Needs

a. Target Needs Based on the results of the needs analysis, it is shown that most of the students’ goal is that they wanted to learn and to be able to communicate using English in daily life, orally or in writing. They also wanted to pass the exam and get a good mark. In reading learning, the students wanted to improve how to pronounce words correctly, enrich their vocabulary, improve reading comprehension to answer questions correctly and improve their grammar ability, to make them able to read fluently. The students thought that the process of reading learning in their classroom was quite easy to understand. However, they pointed out that the teacher’s monotonous teaching method needed to be improved. They also 88 suggested that the learning environment was not comfortable, the materials were not sufficient and varied enough, and the learning media were not fully used. Most of them had difficulties in pronouncing the words correctly, mastering vocabulary, and identifying information related to texts such as the content, main idea, communicative purpose, and implicit information of a text. The students stated that they wanted the short functional text reading activities such as reading aloud with correct pronunciation, truefalse statements, multiple choice or short answer questions, matching, fill-in the blank, and ordering jumbled wordssentences. They preferred the learning topics to be related to personal matters in the form of short message, invitation, email, related to schools in the form of invitation, schedule, and related to general matters such as advertisement, recipe. b. Learning Needs In terms of the learning needs, the needs analysis results showed that students needed the learning inputs including vocabulary used in the text with the correct pronunciation and explanation. They also wanted pictures, tables, charts, or diagrams related to texts, grammar, and also variation of text types related to learning topics. The learning materials for the interactive multimedia then should be developed based on the Standards of Competence and Basic Competence. They preferred the teacher to help them when they faced difficulties in using the interactive multimedia application. The students also would prefer to do the activities and discuss them together with their classmates. 89 In relation with the experience with the learning media or specifically multimedia and technology such as computers, projectors, or speakers, students stated that those learning aids are rarely used in the process of learning reading. Therefore, in their opinion, the use of interactive multimedia and technology in the process of learning reading is needed. Furthermore, they wanted to be able to learn short functional text reading through their smartphone. Students preferred the contents of the interactive multimedia to use learning inputs such as video, picturesphotosillustrations, texts, and audio inputs as well. They also preferred the instruction language used in the interactive multimedia to be bilingual, so that they can change from English to Indonesian or vice versa. Students wanted the background colours or schemes to be different in each unit. They thought that background music for the interactive multimedia should be added in the form of instrumental music, to accompany them while learning. Students preferred the navigation buttons to be simple and easy to use, and to have the correct functions. And the last, they wanted the interactive multimedia to provide exercises and answer keys to help them checking their works.

2. The Appropriate Interactive Multimedia