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Vol 1, Nomor 1, Januari 2016 Halaman: | 1023 Developing Computer-Assisted Tutorial Instructional Program for Teaching Grammar In Higher Education Elizabeth Bunga Dwi Untari 1 , Ngadiso 2 , Abdul Asib 2 1 Student of English Education Department, Graduate Program, Sebelas Maret University, Ir Sutami 36A, Surakarta, Indonesia 2 English Education Department, Graduate Program, Sebelas Maret University, Ir Sutami 36A, Surakarta, Indonesia Corresponding E-mail: ebungadugmail.com Abstract: The aims of this research were to: 1 gain information on the existing condition of learning media which are used by lecturers to teach grammar, 2 develop the proper media which is suitable for the students’ need and appropriate to teach grammar, and 3 find out the feasibility of the proposed media. Research and Development method was used in this research. The research consisted of exploration stage and development stage. Observation, questionnaire, and interview were used to gain the data, while Spiral Data Analysis was used to analyze the data. From the exploration stage, it was found out that the media usually used by the lecturer to teach grammar were Power Point Presentation and handouts. The weaknesses of these media were lecturer dependent, bad presentation, time consuming, non-independent learning, device malfunction, and limited exercises. It was also revealed that Computer Assisted Instruction was not used to teach grammar while it was needed. Moodle based English Grammar Gate was designed as an answer to the students’ need. It consisted of two major parts; they are: tutorial part and exercise part. Expert judgment was done to validate the product. The experts suggested several improvements and revision was made regarding the evaluation given. The revised product was then used in field testing to find out the feasibility of the product. Facing two field testing processes and having several revision toward the product, it was then stated feasible. Keywords: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education, Research and Development

1. INTRODUCTION

One of many subjects in English Education Study Program which characterizes the course is grammar. Grammar, based on Hewings and Hewings 2005, is described as the sentence structure that is possible in the language, which in essence will identify certain grammatical units smaller than the sentence and give rules to explain how these are combined to make sentences. It is important for English Education students to master grammar as the basic understanding to convey meaning in communication Celce- Murcia, 2001. Even though grammar is an important subject, lecturers seem to have difficulties in motivating students to learn grammar. Based on a preliminary study done by the researcher by interviewing several grammar lecturers in Yogyakarta, teaching grammar to the students is a challenging matter since it is difficult to provide an interesting and motivating instruction. Based on the lecturers’ experience, they prefer using traditional instruction. However, continuously teaching traditional grammar brings boredom to the students. Variation in instruction is needed to motivate the students to learn more. Ornstein and Lasley 2000 state that teaching today requires using variety of approaches, techniques, and information sources. The use of computers, scanners, CD-ROM, music CDs, audiotapes, graphics videos, cameras, projectors, cable television, and telecommunication systems can maximize curriculum content and improve students’ learning. Besides the need to develop motivating media to learn grammar, higher education needs also to ensure that the learning process would develop the students’ ability to learn and think independently Delong, 2009. That means institutions have a vital responsibility to facilitate the students to engage, interact, and be active into the learning process Soilemetzidis in Thomas et al., 2015. Vol 1, Nomor 1, Januari 2016 Halaman: | 1024 Based on the need of media which would motivate the students to learn as well as to be independent learner, computerized media such as Computer-assisted Instruction could become a solution. Computer-assisted Instruction is one media which could be used as an instruction variation to raise the students’ motivation, curiosity, and independent learning.

2. METHOD