Learning vocabularies using multimedia-based Teaching Indonesian to Speakers of Other Languages (TISOL)

Abstract

This research aims (1) to develop Indoesian vocabulary learning multimedia in TISOL Program for foreign students, (2) to reveal the quality of learning media viewed from content, learning, appearance, and programming aspects, (3) to know foreign students’ learning mastery after learning Indonesian vocabularies with using multimedia. It was a developmental research. Research validators were an expert in TISOL and an expert in learning multimedia. Research subjects consist of five foreign students tested one by one, and twenty-five students tested in a huge group. Research insturments were questionnaire, observation, and questions for pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed by using the descriptive statistics technique. The results show the followings. (1) The development of Indonesian vocabulary learning multimedia is TISOL program with six stages, namely analyzing, designing, producing, validating, revising, and testing. (2) The quality of developed learning multimedia from content, learning, appearance, and programming aspects is good. With using a scale from 1-5 score, the content aspect shows an average score of 3.75, learning aspect indicates average score of 3.71, appearance aspect deals with an average score of 3.87, and programming aspect reflects an average score of 3.75. (3) Interest aspect shows that developed learning multimedia is very interesting as demonstrated in one-by-one test, in which from three students observed, two of them respond that the product is very interesting, but one claims that the the product is interesting; while developed learning multimedia gets different responds in a huge group test, in which from twenty students, tweleve students state that the product is very interesting and the rest state that the product is interesting. (4) The use of Indonesian vocabulary learning multimedia in TISOL program gives a good impact to students’ learning mastery. In a huge group test, there are 19 students (95%) who master Indonesian vocabularies in tisol program.