Student's competence formation in the world of education is a common problem that occurs at every level and all education promoters. The direct instruction can be used as an alternative solution in the learning process to overcome these problems. The direct instruction is proven to be able to help students to understand the knowledge easier that is characterized by the formation of skills in preparing the lesson plans because this model provides the opportunity for students to experience directly about the process of preparing the required learning tools. The gained direct experience is stored in the memory which is continued by the deposition process then will become a semipermanent knowledge. With the deposition of experience in an activity that is experienced directly, it can make students easier to get back the knowledge from memory when needed. Therefore, based on the results of this study, the direct instruction is considered feasible to be used as an alternative choice, especially in the teaching and learning process usage that has the goal of forming the skills in developing learning tools for students. Because this type of learning model is more aimed at the formation of abilities and skills in students in which students are required to produce a device and not just test pedagogical knowledge at the end of the learning process.
As Mandarin learners, understanding Hanzi is difficult because there are rules in writing it. Therefore, in order to facilitate learners in getting materials on Hanzi writing and to attract learners' interests in Hanzi, a Hanzi writing instructional videos are made. The Hanzi writing instructional videos are created through setting the purposes, designing the Hanzi writing instructional videos, collecting appropriate materials, and creating the videos. University students give positive responses through the use of Hanzi writing instructional videos, however, from the results of satisfaction, the second video gets more satisfaction value than the first video.
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