process information and free the teacher from excessive explanation, they can provide contextualization and a solid point of departure for classroom activities.
Selecting the most appropriate media becomes a crucial issue in the teaching and learning process. Basically the teacher can use all kinds of teaching
media but they must pay attention to their significance and effectiveness for teaching and learning process. Furthermore, the most important thing to be
considered is any kinds of visual aids teachers use should make the students feel comfortable and they can facilitate students to easily understand the lesson.
2.6 General Concept of Animation
Technology usage in education field becomes a worldwide phenomenon due to the international expansion and the rapid change of technology especially in
information and communication one. It is followed by the general commitment of worldwide countries to apply some technologies in any aspects of life including
educations field.
One of the popular products of technology used is animation. According to Fernandez 2000 animation is the process of recording and playing back a
sequence of scenes to achieve the illusion of continues motion.
Rosch 2003 stated that animation is the combination of computer and video while
Animia 2010 said that animation is a technique to show a series of picture in order to give virtual motions of the pictures such as the change of colors,
expressions, picture movements and other special effects. 24
Istanto 2001:61 said that the basic concept of animation is the existence of movements to make the display become more dynamic. The use of animation
can also create special impressions for the viewer. In general, computer animation is divided into two parts:
a. Two dimension 2D animations. This animation uses two sides or point of
view which represents the width of left-right sides and height top-down sides. b.
Three dimension 3D. It is a 2D animation that is modified so it looks like realer because it contains some special effects such as shadows of the body.
To create an animation, an animator needs certain computer software. One of them is Macromedia flash MX. It is usually used to create animations for the
purpose of educations, business, movie, or advertising. Besides there are some others applications provided by macromedia, they are Fireworks, Dreamweaver
and Freehand. From the previous explanation, I conclude that animation is an interactive
audio-visual media. In the case of media usage in teaching English for elementary students, animation can be used to attract and get the students
‟ attention because it contains clear and interesting pictures. Therefore, it will help teachers to get
stu dents‟ attention and motivation. Besides, the animations can move and also can
be accompanied by sounds and writings. The last, the animations or materials can be created and modified based on the curriculum, students and teacher needs, and
also the creativity of the teachers. 25
2.7 The Process of Implementing Animations and TPR Method
