Abstract
The development and implementation of learning material on exposition text with a process for Senior High School (SHS) students on the teaching of Bahasa Indonesia is reported. The study is aimed to develop a learning material on exposition text with a process to be used as a learning media on the teaching of writing in Bahasa Indonesia. The study is carried out at state senior high school (Sekolah Menengah Atas, SMA) Medan, Indonesia at academic year 2017/2018. The learning material is developed by enriching the topics with exposition text to meet the competence required by national curriculum in Indonesia. The learning material has been used as a media the teaching and learning activities in the experimental class and compared with ordinary book that has been used in control class on the teaching of Bahasa Indonesia. An excellent learning material has been obtained. Implementation of the learning material in the class has change students learning style moving from teacher centred to students centred learning. The developed material was found very effective as a learning media in the teaching and learning process and be able to improve students’ achievement in Bahasa Indonesia. Students’ achievements in experimental class (M=89.63±5.32) was higher than that obtained in control class (M=77.25±5.06). The students’ writing skills are improved. Students performance in experimental class (M=86.04±6.89) was higher than that in control class (M=78.60±5.42). The learning facilities provided in the learning material are found to be effective to guide the students to improve their learning ability to write texts on exposition text with a process in Bahasa Indonesia.
Highlights
The development and implementation of learning material on exposition text with a process for the teaching of Bahasa Indonesia is very important, as it is known that a good learning material be able to optimize the learning activities, as a way to achieve a better learning outcomes
A set of learning material for Bahasa Indonesia has been developed well based on standard competences required in the national curriculum 2013 (Priyatni, 2014)
The second stage is presenting the revised manuscript to experience high school teachers to get their comments and suggestions on the feasibility of the material for high school students, The third stage is a tryout for small number of Senior High School (SHS) students to assess the effectivity of the material to be used as a learning media in the teaching of Bahasa Indonesia
Summary
The development and implementation of learning material on exposition text with a process for the teaching of Bahasa Indonesia is very important, as it is known that a good learning material be able to optimize the learning activities, as a way to achieve a better learning outcomes. A learning material plays important roles to help students in the teaching and learning process. It could be used as a complete source of knowledge and the contents in the learning material is adjusted with the students’ development (Situmorang & Sinaga, 2015). 1. To guide the students to identify the structure and contents of exposition text in writing, listening and reading. 2. To identify the format of exposition text with a process for specific topic of academic reports. The students are given a project to identify the thesis, argument, and recommendation in a text of academic article, and ask them to justify whether the text is grouped into fact or a fiction
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