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a case where students get difficulties how to re-write the story in the film, so their story is formed a reasonable one.
2.3 Teaching and Learning Media
2.3.1 General Concept of Media
Media will help to establish the conditions for the learners to identify or describe something or someone. There are some experts who give their opinion
dealing with media: a.
The term media is tool or physical thing used by a teacher to facilitate the instruction Brown,J.W, Richard B.L, Fred F.K 1969:2-3
b. Media is any person, material, or event that is established as conditions
which enable the learner to acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes. Gerlach, Ely. 1980:241
c. Media are used to motivate students in learning. Hamalik, Oemar.
1989:18 From the definition above, the writer concludes that media are the means
for transmitting or delivering messages to motivate students in learning. According to Garlach and Ely 1980:254, to select the media, the teacher
must consider the characteristics of the students which directly relate to learning process such as verbal abilities, visual and audio perception skills, experience,
intelligence, motivation, personality and social skills. In other words, any special factors which help teacher to select appropriate
media should be used. Much kind of media such as still pictures, tape recorder,
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overhead, projector, radio, television, computer, etc. are useful for teacher to achieve instructional goals of the teaching-learning process and they can also be
easily formed in our daily lives. In this final project, the writer uses audiovisual material, it is a television
and videodisc as the media to motivate the students in learning writing.
2.3.2 The Principal of Audio Visual Selection
According to Brown et al 1977:78, there are six principles of media selection: a.
Content Do the media i.e., video have significant selection with the lesson? The
choosing of certain media must be confirmed to the lesson message to be given to students
b. Purposes
The use of audio visual should contribute to the teaching learning process significantly; it means that media can facilitate the teaching learning process
c. Price
Before buying certain visual aids, a teacher should consider whether or not the cost or money is in accordance with the educational result derived from its
use. d.
Circumstances of Use In choosing an audiovisual aid, a teacher should take into account the
environment school where shehe teaches. Shehe should consider whether or not the aid will function effectively in that environment
e. Learner’s Verification
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A teacher should think whether or not the aid has been tested to certain students. Heshe should consider if the tested students are similar to the
students whom she or he teaches f.
Validation A teacher must think whether there are data providing that the students learn
accurately through the use of the aid.
2.3.3 Video and Television
