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teacher needed more time to control the students which made the teaching and learning process of short functional texts became ineffective.
The last was the technology development. With the available teaching media and the school’s language and computer laboratory, the teacher should
utilize them more in the learning process of short functional texts. Moreover, most of the students were able to operate laptops and they had smartphone. It would be
more useful and interesting if they could learn short functional texts, for example from their smartphones using a self-learning application. They could learn
autonomously, anytime and anywhere they had time to study. Thus, the teacher would not waste time on controlling them in a crowded class and the teaching and
learning could be more effective and time efficient.
C. Limitation of the Problems
The researcher limits the problems of the research to the development of interactive multimedia application. It is considered to be the solution to overcome
the problems found related to the learning process of short functional text reading. The application was developed and designed to help students learn short
functional text reading better. It is expected that the application can enhance students’ autonomous learning skills and provide the students with alternative
learning source. It is also expected that the students will not be too dependent on their teacher. Thus, they can learn anytime and anywhere, in or outside the
classroom.
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D. Formulation of the Problems
Based on the limitation of the problems above, the formulations of the problems are as follows.
1. What are the target and learning needs of Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri
4 Yogyakarta in learning short functional text reading using interactive multimedia?
2. What is the appropriate interactive learning multimedia to be developed for
learning short functional text reading for Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 4 Yogyakarta?
E. Objectives of the Research
This research, based on the formulation of the problems above, has the following objectives:
1. To find out the required target and learning needs of Grade VIII students of
SMP Negeri 4 Yogyakarta in learning short functional text reading using interactive multimedia.
2. To develop the appropriate interactive multimedia for learning short functional
text reading for Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 4 Yogyakarta.
F. Significances of the Research
The results of this research are expected to give beneficial contributions to the following parties.
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1. To English teachers, it is expected that the interactive multimedia can be used
well as alternative learning resources and engage them to utilize or even to create the similar learning multimedia with different topics by themselves.
2. To students, it is expected that the result of this research can help them to
learn English better and easier. The improvement of their learning motivation and achievement is also expected by the researcher.
3. To the other researchers, it is expected that they can create and develop a
better improvement than the results of this research. They can evaluate the product of this research, make improvement or adjustment, and do further
research to develop a better learning multimedia, with similar or different themes.
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
