Designing Powtoon Comic Instructional Media for Teaching Reading a Descriptive Text: a Case Study at SMAN 4 Jember

Maula, Ismatul (2018) Designing Powtoon Comic Instructional Media for Teaching Reading a Descriptive Text: a Case Study at SMAN 4 Jember. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Key words: designing powtoon comic, reading a descriptive text Reading activity has become a problem for students because reading is considered as a difficult language skill with boring activities. Whereas, reading is important because it improves critical thinking and productive skills, especially writing skill. Therefore, reading is written in holly Qur’an (Al-Alaq 1-5) and constitutional law number 23 of 2015. Reading activity will be more interesting when it is supported by innovative and attractive media. The objectives of this research is to design powtoon comic and to describe the compatiblity of powtoon comic instructional media for teaching reading a descriptive text to the tenth grade of SMAN 4 JEMBER. This Design and Development research is collaborative research between both Richey & Klein (2007) and Alessi & Trollip (2001) model that have four stages; those are planning, designing, developing and validating. Powtoon comic instructional media is designed to teach reading a descriptive text. It produces four videos of powtoon comic, those are powtoon comic of descriptive text in describing place, person, animal, and thing for teaching reading at the tenth grade students. The result shows that powtoon comic instructional media is compatible instructional media for teaching reading a descriptive text at tenth grade of SMAN 4 Jember because it covers the purposes in teaching reading, those are obtaining better achievement, effective teaching and learning reading, 21st century of teaching reading using technology, fostering students’ imagination or concentration during reading activity, using various kinds of reading strategies and blended learning

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