Developing Interactive Multimedia for Teaching Reading to Grade VIII Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan

This research aimed to develop interactive multimedia for teaching reading to grade
VIII students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan. This research was conducted by
using educational and research development (R&D) proposed by Gall, Gall & Borg
method through six phases: gathering data and information, conducting need
analysis, designing media, experts validating, revising, and final product. The
subjects of this research are 27 students of grade eight of SMP Muhammadiyah 1
Medan which is located at Jl. Demak Number 30, Medan Area Selatan, Gang Sairin.
The instrument to collect the data were the needs analysis questionnaire and the
expert judgment rating scale. The data from the needs analysis were analyzed
quantitatively using frequency and percentage and the quantitative data obtained
from the expert judgment were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The mean
score of all aspects of the developed materials was 89%, which was very good. It
mean that the developed interactive learning multimedia was appropriate.