Research Objectives Research Benefits

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3. Infographic

Smiciklas 2012 on his book says that infographic is formally defined as “the visualization of data or ideas that tries to convey complex information to an audience in a manner that can be quickly consumed and easily to be understood” p. 3. It means that infographic shows the information in a practical way, therefore the audience or the reader can understand the information easily.

4. Task-based learning

Task-based learning is one of the techniques in language teaching which aims to provide the learner with the natural context of the language, so if the learners need to complete the task they have to encourage themselves to interact with others Larsen-Freeman, 2000, p.2. Cadlin and Murphy 1987 also added that the main focus of the task-based learning is the language learning which are presented in a problem-solving form, so the students can expand the knowledge that they know and the new knowledge that they get from the learning process as cited in Larsen-Freeman, 2000, p. 144.

5. The Seventh Grader Students of BOPKRI 1 Junior High School

In this study, the materials are designed for the seventh grade students of BOPKRI 1 Junior High School. The materials are designed for the second semester. The school is located in Jalan Mas Suharto 48, Yogyakarta. 8

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter was divided into two parts, namely the theoretical description and the theoretical framework. The theoretical description states some related literature which are useful in document analysis and designing the material. The theoretical framework puts the writer ’s concepts based on the theoretical description in conducting this study.

A. Theoretical Description

This chapter reviews some theories related to this study. Some of them are discussed in the theoretical description which can help the writer to do this study. The theoretical description helps the writer to answer the first problem on how a set of English supplementary materials using infographic for the seventh graders of BOPKR 1 Junior High School using infographic is media designed; and the second problem, what the set of English supplementary materials using infographic for seventh graders of BOPKRI 1 Junior High School is look like. The theories are about infographic, instructional design model, and visual information in learning. The following theories provide important information related to this study.