DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE LEARNING MULTIMEDIA OF ‘EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION’ ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL STUDENTS OF SMK MUHAMMADIYAH 1 WONOSARI, GUNUNGKIDUL

This study aims to develop interactive multimedia program of Effective Communication English textbook to facilitate the teaching and learning process for the elementary level students of SMK. This study belongs to research and development (R&D). It was conducted in SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Wonosari. The data were collected using observation, questionnaire, and interview. The research procedures were adopted from the model proposed by Allesi and Trolip. It consists of planning, design, and development. Planning phase deals with the administration preparation of the research. Design phase concerns with the preparation of developing the media software. Development phase deals with process of developing media software and the validation. The validation involved two kinds of tests, alpha testing and beta testing. Alpha testing involves multimedia and material experts while beta testing involves 36 students. They were asked to give feedback to the interactive multimedia by filling out the questionnaires. And then, the interview was done to support the data. Revisions were made as necessary based on the data obtained. Based on the data analysis, the result of the research shows that the effective interactive multimedia design of interactive multimedia has some feature i.e. home, user’s guide, map of the media, unit description (unit introduction, goal, spoken cycle activities, written cycle activities), grammar, summary, and semester review. The design is considered applicable and acceptable through the mean of the students’ questionnaire that ranges from 3,11 to 3,58 (4 point Likert scale). The interactive multimedia that has been developed is integrated in a compact disc (CD) so that it can be used by the students at school as personally at home