Facilitating Reading Javanese Letters Skill with a Multimodal Javanese Digital E-Book

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic changed the learning system drastically from a conventional system (face to face) to online learning. This paper describes how to make a multimodal Javanese Digital e-book to improve reading Javanese letters. The Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC) was used as the research and development method. The MDLC method consists of six steps: concept, design, material collecting, assembly, testing, and distribution. The source was the animal stories from Serat Campur Bawur. The data were collected by a literature study and providing a questionnaire to 32 students in the Javanese literature program of Universitas Negeri Semarang as the research participants. The data were analyzed by descriptive qualitative with exposure and making data conclusion. The result of this study was the development of a multimodal Javanese digital e-book. The materials included in this e-book were the history and the structure of Javanese letters, two animal stories completed with video animation, which were equipped by quiz and evaluation test of each chapter. Most of the students felt it easier to learn the material of reading Javanese letters with this book. The multimodal Javanese digital e-book can be the alternative solution to teach the materials in the online learning system.

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