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addition, in practicing the exercises, there are feedbacks to encourage the students to go forth.
4. Facilitating Independent Learning
In designing the study, the writer focuses on independent learning method in order to make the learning more interesting and challenging for individuals.
The method has two advantages for the students. First, the students will intensively learn English at their own paces. Therefore, by providing them the
way to learn in their own pace, it will help them to have a better comprehension in English learning. Second, according to Mynard Sorflaten 2002, it creates a
self-access facility in the classroom. It aims to facilitate a certain place where students can take another extra task to enrich their comprehension. In this case,
the tasks are prepared by the teacher by practicing the exercises as the product of the study.
5. Applying Hot Potatoes Software
There are many kinds of software developed in order to accommodate the English learning, but the study uses Hot Potatoes version 6 software developed by
Half-Baked Software Inc. This software leads the writer to type the exercises and the feedbacks.
There are four parts developed in this study, namely J-Cloze, J-Quiz, J- Mix, and J-Match. In J-Cloze, the writer is offered to make close tasks by filling
the gap. Next, J-Quiz allows the writer to create quizzes in the form of multiple- choice, whereas, J-Mix allows the writer to create scrambled-sentences or
paragraphs. The last is J-Match, it allows the writer to create matching and
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sequencing exercise on two column items, and it can be inserted pictures, graphics, and images to create more interesting learning “Language,” n.d..
Systematically, the theoretical framework of the study is presented, as follows.
Figure 2.3: The Theoretical Framework of the Study
The explanation of Figure 2.3 is it explains the existence and the function of computer as the media to learn tenses. The teachers is the contributor, who use
the computer to deliver a teaching and learning process, and the author of the content materials that focus on the learning of simple present and simple past
tense. The exercises are uploaded to Hot Potatoes software, so that the students can learn individually without directly supervised by the teachers.
Using Computer
Applying Hot Potatoes Software Learning Tenses in the Form of Exercises
Facilitating Independent Learning The Roles of Teachers as the User of certain
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter elaborates how to conduct the study in order to answer the two research problems stated in chapter I.
A. Research Method
In finding the answer to the problems, the study used educational research and development RD method. According to Borg and Gall 1983, educational
research and development is a process used to develop and validate educational products. The method used in this study was the adaptation from Borg and Gall’s
model 1983 and Dick, Carrey, and Carrey’s model 2005. The study applied Borg and Gall’s model 1983 as the umbrella of the study because it mentioned
the sequences of conducting research and development toward a product design in education. Besides, Dick, Carrey, and Carrey’s model 2005 was also chosen
because it described in detail how to conduct an instructional design. Therefore, in order to clarify the detail sequence of conducting this study, both of models were
adapted and combined. Borg and Gall’s model 1983 and Dick, Carrey, and Carrey’s model
2005 provides ten principal steps in order to organize the design process. Because the study was designed as requirements to graduate from English
Language Education Study Program, the study used the first-five steps only from
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