recordings and watch videos they can sharpen their listening skill. The presence of multiple media can also make listening activity more interesting for students.
To make a strong building people need high quality materials and a strong foundation to support the building. If reading, writing, listening, speaking
and vocabulary are the materials, the foundation should be grammar. Grammar is the “rules” of a language. Most people assume that grammar is difficult but, if it
is packaged into interactive learning multimedia it can be fun. Therefore, it is necessary to develop materials of grammar into interactive learning multimedia.
C. Limitation of the Problems
Based on the problems identification, there were at least six learning materials need to be developed into interactive multimedia. However, to assure
the quality of the product this study was only focused on developing interactive learning multimedia of listening and speaking for the seventh grade students of
SMP N 15 Yogyakarta. The interactive learning multimedia referred to a textbook entitled When English Rings the Bell for grade VII. Due to the time
constrains, the development was limited into the first three units of the textbook. D.
Formulation of the Problems
Based on the limitation of the problem, the researcher formulates the
research problems as follows:
1. What are the target needs of the seventh grade students of SMP N 15 Yogyakarta in learning listening and speaking?
2. What are the learning needs of the seventh grade students of SMP N 15 Yogyakarta in learning listening and speaking?
3. What are the appropriate interactive learning multimedia of listening and speaking for the seventh grade students of SMP N 15 Yogyakarta?
E. Objectives of the Research
The objectives of this study are: 1. To find the target needs of the seventh grade students of SMP N 15
Yogyakarta in learning listening and speaking. 2. To find the learning needs of the seventh grade students of SMP N 15
Yogyakarta in learning listening and speaking. 3. To develop appropriate interactive learning multimedia of listening and
speaking for the seventh grade students of SMP N 15 Yogyakarta.
F. Significance of the Research
It is expected that the results of this study give some contributions to:
1. The Students, it will increase their independency in learning English by using interactive learning multimedia.
2. The English teachers, it will give inspiration for them to vary the activities in teaching and learning process.
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
