In this research, the researcher planned to add another innovation to make the pop-up book more beneficial. The researcher provided a full course grid used
for two meetings and also adds the tasks and activities. The pop-up book itself also consists of one more part which can be used to teach reading and get
students’ attention. The medium is in the form of sticky pictures. It is used to give an example to the students to make sentences.
C. Conceptual Framework
Reading is one of receptive skills which is better to be nurtured since young age. Reading activities is expected to build a good reading habit which
makes children spend their leisure time positively. Reading skill will help them to understand texts they read. To support children develop their reading habit and
skill, teachers and media developers should be more creative in making media and activities related to reading at school.
In teaching reading, media can be used to help teachers explain the content of texts. Moreover, media are also beneficial for students as they can focus on the
lesson better. They can capture the meaning and message of the text they read easily by imagining the real things presented by the pictures on the media.
A pop-up book as media for teaching reading shows the illustration of the text by providing pictures as supports. The pictures allow students to remember
and understand the content easier. This medium will also motivate the students to read more because it is enjoyable. The conceptual framework of this study is
explained in the following diagram.
Figure 1: The Conceptual Framework of the Studies
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter explains the method or the procedure of the research. It consists of type of study, subject of the research, setting of the research,
instrument to collect the data, data collection technique, data analysis, and research procedure.
A. Type of Study
This study is classified as a Research and Development RD category on the basis that the purpose of this study is to develop a product that can be used
in an educational program Borg and Gall, 1983:772. In this study, the researcher developed an instructional medium, which is a pop-up book, and got it
evaluated. The steps of the research are modified from the Research and Development cycle, they were needs analysis, constructing instructional design,
designing the media, developing the media, implementing the media, evaluating the media, revising the media, and developing the final media.
B. Subjects of the Research
The data of the research were taken from the third grade students of SD N 2 Mranti in the academic year of 20142015. The researcher only used a group of
the third grade students. They learn English as a foreign language. There were 34 students in this grade. The age of the students varied from 8 to 9 years old.
