“I am very satisfied and proud of my film project. It was very enjoyable and gave me much good experience. I realized that my project had many mistakes.
So I will try to make a better one for the next film I make.” Group XI IPA 2, Quest. 4
Another student also implied that in the beginning this project was hard to carry out. However, their hard work was paid by the prideful result. A student wrote:
“At fist I was surprised that the teacher gave us assignment such audio-visual project and I said that this project was so difficult, hard, and tiring. But after I
finished the project, I really satisfied and proud of myself that I could make something new in which the knowledge could be useful for my future.” XI
IPA 2, Quest. 25
d. Students Could Learn English Better.
Audio-visual project provided students with the different way of learning. In so doing, students considered that it could improve their English skills because this
project collaborate the four English skills; listening, reading, speaking, and writing. In the other word, learning by practice in a rigorous real-world could help students to
be easier to learn and what they had learned could be possibly kept in their long term memory. It is supported by a student who wrote:
“I am happy to be experienced in this project. Learning by practice through a project helped me much to improve my English skills. By making script we
could improve my writing skill, from the dialogue we could learn speaking skill and listening skill, we can also improve our reading skill by
understanding the text inserted in the film. .” XI IPA 2, Quest. 69
Some students during the interview section also mentioned that they could learn exposition text better by making this project. The students understanding on
exposition text could be represented in the following statements. 60
“We learned more and more about technology and we can easier to learn exposition text which functioned to persuade people on certain case. If our
product could be used as a tool for learning, I think it would be easier to understand the idea of a story that is going to be conveyed visually like in the
form of film.” XI IPA 2, Quest. 37
“I think audio-visual project motivated me to understand better on organizing exposition text. In my understanding, exposition text is functioned to persuade
people; the reader, the listener, or also the audience that something is in the case or something should not be the case. In this project, my group chose
Exposition Hortatory because we brought an issue about global warming. We explained the effect for global warming then gave recommendation to go to
school as our contribution to save the earth. We also learned how to organize a text which is coherent then make it easy to understand.” XI IPA 1, Quest.
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The students response above showed that some students had already understood about exposition text. Students were able to define the exposition text
included its functions and characteristics. More interestingly, students had already recognized and mentioned the exposition genre of their own project.
e. Students Able to Learn Management Skill.
