Interactive Multimedia Development for Teaching Writing Descriptive Text ti Junior High School Students

The objective of this research was to develop an interactive multimedia for teaching writing descriptive for the seventh grade SMP Swasta Dwi Tunggal. This research was classified as a research and development (R & D) study. The procedures were conducting needs analysis, designing the program, validating to the experts, revising, and producing final product. The subjects of the research were thirty-five students. The instruments for collecting the data were questionnaires (a needs analysis questionnaire and expert judgment questionnaires). The results of the data collection were analyzed quantitatively by using the descriptive statistics. The result of this study was an interactive multimedia for teaching writing descriptive texts for the seventh grade SMP Swasta Dwi Tunggal. The findings of this study showed that the interactive multimedia for writing writing descriptive texts has met good characteristics. It was indicated by the mean score of the expert judgements for the content, media, and interactivity aspects. The mean score for content aspect was 94.3%, which was in the excellent category. The mean score for the media aspect was 92%, which was in the excellent category. Furthermore, the mean score for the interactivity aspect was 93.3% which was in the excellent category. As result, the average score expert‟s validation on content aspect, media aspect, and interactivity aspect, given by the experts was 94%, so the assessment of the indicators was excellent. It means that the developed media can be categorized as relevant or appropriate for grade VII SMP Swasta Dwi Tunggal.