Developing Construct 2-Based Application to Facilitate Students in Writing Descriptive Texts for Grade VII Junior High School Students
Indah Putri Az Zahra, NIM, DEVELOPING CONSTRUCT 2-BASED APPLICATION TO FACILITATE STUDENTS IN WIRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS FOR GRADE VII JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS", English Teaching Department, faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training State Islamic University (UIN) talimud Yunus Batusangkar. The used of learning media im teaching is already common, but the use of Construct 2 applications in teaching and learning process is still not widely perceived. This research aims to develop of Construct 2-based applications for writing descriptive text in VII grade junior high school This research was used a research and development (R&D) method approach. The development model used is the 4D model which is divided into 3 steps, namely (1) the define stage, carried out to obtain an overview of conditan m the field, in this stage observations and interviews with teachers, analysis of students characteristics, concept analysis, task analysis, and setting instructional objectives, (2) the design stage, used to design media Construct 2 based on the applications, and the results of the design stage are continued with (3) the develop stage, used to see the validity and practicality of the media Constract 2 based on the applications that was developed. The data was collected used a total sampling technique on the entire population of 28 people. The instruments used in data collection were interview guidelines, documentation, validation questionnaire and practicality. Furthermore, the technique in analyzing data was using the Likert Scale formula to analyze the level of validity and practicality of the developed product data The result of this research indicate that the validation criteria in tenn of 3 tonterial experts by two English lectures at LIIN Malmud Yunus Batusangkar, and one of English teacher at MTsN 10 Tanah Datar showed a score of 78%, with the category "valid", based on a score of 186 out of maximum score of 240 In term 3 media experts were validitated by Educational Technology. Lecturer at Padang State University, English lecturer at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar, and one of English teacher at MTsN 10 Tanah Datar showed an 83% result, with a very valid category, based on a score of 198 out of a maximum score of 240 The avarage percentage of both was 81% which falls into the "very valid" category Meanwhile, the practicality criteria based on the teacher's response, howed an 82% result, with a very practical category, for Construct 2 lcaming media. Similarly, the data taken from student responses showed an 82% result. with a "very practical category for Construct 2 learning midis The avarage percentage of both was 82% which falls into the "very practical" category.