18 major disadvantage of multiple choice usage is that the students could encourage
guessing p. 92. Therefore, this research refers to the use of multiple choice task. The
purpose is to gain vocabulary building and reading comprehension. The task is designed into vocabulary and picture-cued as selective reading, and
comprehension questions as interactive reading.
b. Matching Task
The research applies the use of matching task is to gain vocabulary building and reading comprehension for both selective and interactive reading.
Those tasks are suitable for seventh grade students within the use of curriculum 2013.
Therefore, the task has more varied exercise to increase students‟ interest in doing the task.
c. Crossword Puzzle
The purpose of crossword puzzle usage in this research is to acquire students‟ vocabulary towards the given reading text. Those tasks are suitable for
seventh grade students within the use of curriculum 2013. Therefore, the task does not lack of varieties.
6. Weblog or ‘Blogs’
The description of blog, a short for weblog, according to Newby, Stepich, Lehman, Russell, Ottenbreit-Leftwich 2011:
A website in which entries on a topic are usually posted in reverse chronological order. Blogs are commonly used as a kind of Web-based
personal journal in which the author provides commentary on topics such as news and current events, politics, a hobby or topic of interest, or just the
author‟s personal life and activities p. 199.
19 In this research, the researcher uses blog to distribute st
udents‟ material with the help of Hot-Potatoes program. Another purpose is to share the lesson plan so that
the students know the indicators in learning the material.
7. Hot-Potatoes Program
As cited from http:hotpot.uvic.ca , “Hot Potatoes program is to enable
teacher in creating interactive Web-based teaching exercises which can be delivered to any Internet-
connected computer equipped with a browser.” It needs Windows version programs such as Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista or 7
to operate Hot-Potatoes program. Then, it also needs a modern Web browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer. There are five basic programs
and an additional program in Hot Potatoes version 6. The description of those six programs are as follows:
a. JQuiz program creates question-based quiz, such as multiple choice and short-
answer. Multiple choices provide specific feedback for both answers correct or wrong. While in short-answer questions, students must guess what the correct
answer is. Then, students may ask by choosing the hint box to find the correct answer.
b. JCloze program creates gap-fill exercises.
c. JCross program creates crossword puzzles. The program works when the
students choose the crossword ‟s number.
d. JMix program creates jumbled-sentence exercises.
e. JMatch program creates match and order exercises or jumbled items.
f. The Masher is the combination of all those five programs in a program.
