Multimedia courseware for learning types of reading text based on storytelling

Abstract

The infusion of the multimedia technology in education should be focused on develop the interactive teaching and learning. It allows teachers to design the material into a multi-sensory learning environment. The focus in education is thus moving towards using multimedia as the instructional media and a platform in teaching and learning. Therefore, multimedia courseware is one of the media to improve the teaching and learning process. Hence, the objective of this study are to design a storytelling multimedia courseware to help students in understanding types of reading text especially descriptive, narrative and procedure, to identify the students’ perception towards storytelling courseware in understanding types of reading text and to identify students’ perception towards multimedia courseware based on gender. 70 of first year students in senior high school were chosen randomly as sample in this study. Both, qualitative and quantitative data were collected in this study. The instruments in data collections were questionnaires and interview with the English teachers. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, data collected were analyzed descriptively (mean and percentage) and thematically. Result from the findings showed that the overall mean for students’ perception towards storytelling courseware in understanding types of reading text is 3.11. Each perspective of the multimedia courseware can be seen from the mean of students’ perception towards the design of courseware is 3.09, the influence of the courseware in students achievement is 3.07 and the feedback of the students for the suitability of the courseware in teaching learning process by using storytelling technique is 3.16. The findings indicate the positive outcomes for students’ perception towards storytelling courseware in understanding types of reading text. It showed that multimedia courseware gave a good effect for students in teaching and learning process. Therefore, teachers should always use new approach in designing, preparing content and delivering learning materials.