Modifying The Use Of Macromedia To Maximize Speaking Performance And Motivation

Rika Silvia, Bambang Setiyadi, Ujang Suparman

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur efek penting dari modifikasi penggunaan macromedia flash animasi non-internet untuk memaksimalkan penampilan berbicara siswa, melihat aspek berbicara yang paling meningkat setelah di ajarkan menggunakan macromedia flash animasi non-internet, dan menemukan keefektifan macromedia flash animasi non-internet to menarik perhatian siswa selama proses pembelajaran. Penelitian ini menguunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Kelas ipa (X IPA 2) dipilih sebagai subjek dalam penelitian ini. Untuk mengumpulkan data, peneliti membagikan kuisioner, lembar observasi, wawancara, dan test berbicara. Hasilnya adalah poses pembelajaran menggunakan macromedia flash animasi non-internet sangat efektif untuk meningkatkan motivasi siswa untuk belajar. Mengajar menggunakan media memberikan pengaruh yang positif kepada siswa karna siswa tidak hanya fokus pada materi pembelajaran tetapi juga siswa dapat mengingat apa yang telah mereka lihat. Dalam penelitian ini semakin tinggi motivasi siswa, maka akan semakin tinggi nilai berbicara yang mereka peroleh.

The aims of this research are to investigate significant effect of modified the use of macromedia to maximize students’ speaking performance, finding out what aspect of speaking mostly improved after being taught by using macromedia, and discovering the effectiveness macromedia to attract the students’ attention during teaching learning process. Science class (X IPA 2) was taken as the subject of the research. To collect the data, the researcher administered questionnaire, observation sheet, interview, and speaking test. It was found that teaching learning process by using macromedia was effective to improve students’ motivation to learn. Since teaching by using media give possitive impact to the students’ because the students’ not only focus to the material but also the students’ can remember the material they have watch. In this case the higher students’ motivation was, the higher achievement in speaking the students would get.

Keywords: Macromedia, motivation, speaking performance.

 


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