Abstract
The current article attempts to develop teaching material for intermediate grammar in form of electronic book (e-book) which utilize epub format. E-book is assumed to be an interesting learning sources since it utilizes digital media, in which it is suitable with the students’ condition in digital era. This research was carried out by using Research and Development method. In developing e-book, several stages were conducted; pre-liminary research, prototyping phase, and assessment phase. From the assessment result, it was found that three experts in; material, language used and media declared that this e-book is appropriate to be used. Moreover, in term of students’ perception, it was revealed that from aspect relevance (4.0); consistency (3.8); practice (4.4); and effective (4.2) which hence it can be said that students have positive perception toward the use of this e-book.. Therefore, it can be concluded that generally this e-book is very good and recommended to be used in pre-intermediate grammar classroom.
Highlights
A number of research and development (R&D) studies have been carried out by several researchers; first Suparno (2018) investigated the development of e-book multimedia model to increase critical thinking
The current finding of this study revealed that the development of electronic book was successfully conducted and it was suitable to be used in the grammar classroom
The development of e-book is effective seen from three aspects; content, language used and display
Summary
A number of research and development (R&D) studies have been carried out by several researchers; first Suparno (2018) investigated the development of e-book multimedia model to increase critical thinking. Sari (2016) conducted a research about the development of digital book through sigil application in cookies and candys lessons. Premise Journal Vol 9 No 2, October 2020, e-ISSN: 2442-482x, p-ISSN: 2089-3345, page 129-142 Copyright@2020 by PJEE. Those previous research mainly discussed about the development of e-book in various subjects area. Development of e-book in language teaching especially in grammar subject, seems have not been conducted yet. The gap of the current study is that developing e-book for intermediate grammar subject in EFL setting. The students’ perceptions toward the use of e-book will be measured as well
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