Developing a Pop-Up Book for Written Descriptive Text for Senior High school Students

Abstract

. Most students get bored and unenthusiastic in mastering English descriptive text using media textbook and worksheet because they consist of one dimension and the paper on every page was not colorful and interesting. Moreover, media and material in learning English descriptive text the teachers used were limited. This research used research and development method from Sugiyono [1] adopted from Borg & Gall. The instruments of this research were the assessment rubrics of learning media from the experts, a questionnaire about students' responses toward Pop-Up Book for Descriptive Text, and test to find out the effectiveness of Pop-Up Book analysis. The experts' assessment results showed that Pop-Up Book scored 4.6 in terms of media and 4.5 in terms of the subject matter. The score showed that both media and material from the Pop-Up Book for Descriptive Text were categorized as very good criteria. The results of the questionnaire about students' response to the Pop-Up Book for Descriptive Text was 4.24 on small-scale product trial and 4.5 on a large-scale product trial with very good criteria. Both results on students' response questionnaires showed that the Pop-Up Book for Descriptive Text gained positive responses from the students. Meanwhile, the data about Pop-Up Book for Descriptive Text effectiveness was analyzed using the T-test. The result of the T-test obtained from SPSS indicated that there was a significant influence of Pop-Up Book for Descriptive text on the average score of students’ descriptive text performance. Overall, it can be concluded that the Pop-Up Book for Descriptive Text is feasible and effective to be utilized as a learning media for Senior High School students.