DEVELOPING MULTI-MEDIA SPEAKING MATERIAL FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BY INTEGRATING LOCAL TOURISM ATTRACTIONS

This research is grounded in the learning strategy of speaking in which students have to be active in expressing themselves. The expressions can be explored when they have experiences to share. Based on the background, an interesting material is needed i.e multimedia. Therefore, material development in the multimedia should dig up the authenticity of students’ experiences. One of the experiences is local tourist attractions which are very familiar for them. The first purpose of the research is to develop interesting multi-media speaking material for undergraduate students which places the local content, including culinary, culture and local tourist attractions. The second purpose is to find out whether the multimedia developed meets the students’ need and interest to learn both English expressions and the knowledge of Indonesian country. There are several steps carried out in this research. The first is to design and develop the multimedia and the second is to give a trial on the multimedia for seeking feedback by distributing questionnaires. The data from the questionnaire are analyzed qualitatively. The result shows that the multi-media is interesting for the students to learn speaking. It also gives knowledge for them to learn the culture, culinary and tourist attractions in Jakarta. Keywords: material design, local content, speaking, multimedia, animatio