Designing English Learning Media for Junior High School Students Using Adobe Flash

Abstract

Nowadays, it is important to shape students into autonomous learners since technology
and the internet rise massively. Post-pandemic era makes learning English more flexible.
It can be done through various kinds of media such as social media, online quizzes and
courses, and many applications that support students to be autonomous. Making students
to be autonomous learners means they can study with their external motivation by which
they can feel motivated and unlimited of time and place. It aims to increase students'
motivation and awareness of learning Procedure Text for Junior High School students
from an integrated application of material and assessment. The research method was
Research and Development, in which the writer will develop software for English teaching
media. English teachers can use this application to teach Procedure text because the result
shows an improvement in students' achievement and motivation compared to the pre-test
conducted before the treatment is given. Product testing on the interface and the material
presented in the application showed that students' learning outcomes increased, and
satisfaction or interest in English subjects had a significant impact. Both were obtained
from the post-test conducted and also observation of the learners.