CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Instructional Media
1. Definition of Instructional Media
The term media is derived from the Latin word “medium” which means “between”. It refers to anything that carrier’s information between a source
teacher and a receiver student. When media provide messages with an instructional purpose, for example to facilitate as communication, they are
considered instructional media.
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Media is a technological system for conveying messages, operating intermediately between sender and receiver, when they are separated in space,
time, or both.
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Santoso S. Hamijaya states that “Media adalah semua bentuk perantara yang dipakai orang penyebar ide, sehingga ide atau gagasan itu sampai pada
penerima.
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Media are all of mediators that are used by disseminator idea that can convey to receiver.
While Association for Education and Communication Technology AECT “Media yaitu segala bentuk yang dipergunakan untuk suatu proses
penyaluran informasi.”
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Media are of all forms which are used for information transfer process.
Meanwhile Gagne and Briggs 1975 states that “Media pembelajaran meliputi alat yang secara fisik digunakan untuk menyampaikan isi materi
pengajaran, yang terdiri dari antara lain buku, tape-recorder, kaset, video kamera, video recorder, film, slide, foto, gambar, grafik, televisi dan
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Heinech, et.al., Instructional Media and The New Technologies of Instruction, Canada: John Willy and Sons, Inc, 1993, p. 9.
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Rudy Bretz, Media for Interactive Communication, USA: Sage Publications, 1983, p.19.
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Ahmad Rohani, Media Instruksional Edukatif, Jakarta: PT. Rineka Cipta, 1997, p.2. translated by the writer.
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Basyiruddin Usman, Media Pembelajaran, Jakarta: Ciputat Press, 2002, p.11. translated by the writer.
komputer.”
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Instructional media consist of aids which are used physically to convey the content of material that includes of books, tape-recorder, cassette,
video recorder, film, photo, picture, graph, television and computer. In other words, media is a component source of learning or idea physically which
consist of instructional in students’ environment in order to learn. Based on the statements above, it can be concluded that instructional
media are aids which are used to support teaching learning process. Instructional media can improve students’ interest in learning process.
English teacher needs to use instructional media in achieving the teaching objectives.
2. Function of Instructional Media
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