Regarding language learning today, everyone is increasingly awarded that traditional language teaching is no longer effective in supporting students need. Learning speaking skills in the classroom carry out by the lecturers are still using traditional methods conducting learning in the classroom using whiteboards, markers, and other manual tools. Meanwhile, in the current global era, multimedia based learning is a demand along with the development of technology. Therefore, this article elaborates the mechanism of multimedia used in learning speaking skills. The type of research was Classroom Action Research (CAR) with the subject were the second semester students of The University of Qomaruddin Gresik. This Classroom Action Research process was taken in two cycles with 4 procedure; planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The result of the cycle one shown that 10 students or 50% of 20 students spoke English too slow and repeated the same sentence many times so the listener could not understand the meaning, so their speaking skill were in poor level. Meanwhile, 50% or 10 the rest of the students got good level. Since the result of the cycle one was below the target, so the researcher continued to conduct the second cycle. After the second cycles were conducted, the result shown that 25% students was in good level, and 75% students were in very good level. After the second cycle was conducted, finally the level of the students’ speaking skill was increasing, so the researcher ended the research.

Students nowadays are no longer enjoy reading printed books. They mostly read from their mobile phone or computers' screens. Teachers need to encourage students to read and comprehend texts. Teachers should adopt and adapt technology in teaching reading comprehension to students in light of the rapidly changing existence of technology. The purpose of this research is to develop appropriate media for learning reading. This research has employed Research and Development design based on ADDIE model. This model is used for media development by requiring 5 stages, namely: 1) Analysis, 2) Design, 3) Development, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. The research subjects are the tenth graders and the English teacher. Both the media and language experts validated the developed product. The instruments used in the needs analysis are questionnaires for the students and interviews with the English teacher. The final result is in the form of a mobile application that suits the needs of teachers and students. This media consists of 63 slides. The size of this mobile application is 52 Mb. The developed application consists of three main menus and eleven sub-menus. They are the intro page, loading section, menu page, materials page, core competence page, vocabulary building page, learning summary page, exercise page, glossary page, verb form page, user’s guide page, lesson plan page, description of the product page, and exit page. The result of this research could be seen in the enthusiasm, development, and students’ interest in mobile application media. Therefore, it is recommended for teachers to use mobile applications in teaching reading and for other developers to develop applications for the learning process.

Students were very difficult to communicate with other people in English effectively. English was learned as a foreign language (EFL) in this country and Indonesian EFL students rarely speak English in their daily lives. English conversation class was taught by no particular book for both teacher and students. This failure was solved by developing an appropriate teaching material for English conversation class at the tenth grade of Islamic Senior High School, which covered conversational guide selection and the used of instructional media. It also aimed at activating the English conversation class. This study used the Research and Development (R&D) design. The data were collected through observation, interview, and questioners and analyzed using a guideline analysis, while the data of the students’ questioners were analyzed using tally system to find the percentage. The subjects of this study were the students of MA Al Karimi Gresik. There were 90 students of the tenth grade students. The material development started with writing material selected from the syllabus and follows CLT principles. The final product was the conversation material for Islamic Senior High Students. It also contained rubric assessment to record the students speaking progress both psychomotor aspect and affective aspect. The product contained Indonesian translation and no answers. Hopefully, the students could be active in responding the questions at the conversation classroom activity. The researcher wanted the English teacher understand the concept of CLT so that he could become the guide, trainer, advisor, and actor who can control the class.

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Learning is a process with regard to the learners, teachers, and materials in the studying circumstance. Hence ABSTRAKBelajar merupakan suatu proses keterkaitan antara peserta didik, pendidikan, dan materi yang diajarkan dalam lingkungan belajar. Oleh karena itu, belajar dapat terjadi kapan saja dan di mana saja. Dalam hal ini, pendidik dituntut untuk menggunakan media yang ada. Selain itu, pendidik juga harus siap dengan perubahan media yang sesuai dengan perubahan teknologi. Pengajaran yang menggunakan media seperti televisi, laptop, film, proyektor, video, ponsel pintar, dan tablet biasanya disebut dengan pembelajaran berbasis multimedia. Berkaitan dengan pembelajaran bahasa dewasa ini, setiap orang semakin menyadari bahwa pengajaran bahasa secara tradisional tidak lagi efektif untuk menunjang kebutuhan peserta didik. Begitu juga dengan pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris, guru juga dituntut dapat menggunakan multimedia dalam proses pembelajaran demi mewujudkan pembelajaran yang menyenangkan dan efektif daripada menggunakan media tradisional yang diasumsikan cepat membosankan. Tanpa dipungkiri bahwa pembelajaran tradisional yang diterapkan oleh pendidik pada pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris merupakan kurangnya penguasaan iptek oleh guru. Berdasarkan hasil identifikasi masalah, didapatkan bahwa guru-guru Bahasa Inggris tingkat dasar dan menengah di Kecamatan Bungah, Gresik masih menggunakan media tradisional sehingga perlu diberikan sosialisasi dan pelatihan penerapan multimedia dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris agar tercipta suatu proses berlajar yang menarik, efektif, dan menyenangkan.Kata kunci: Penerapan, Multimedia, Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris PENDAHULUANBelajar merupakan suatu proses keterkaitan antara peserta didik, pendidikan, dan materi yang diajarkan dalam lingkungan belajar (Aqib, 2008). Adanya interaksi antara sesorang dan lingkungan adalah sebuah proses belajar. Oleh karena itu, belajar dapat terjadi kapan saja dan di mana saja. Salah satu bukti bahwa seseorang telah berhasil belajar adalah adanya perubahan tingkah laku pada diri seseorang yang disebabkan oleh terjadinya perubahan pada tingkat pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan sikap di mana pun dan kapan pun.Dalam hal ini, pendidik dituntut untuk menggunakan alat-alat yang ada. Selain itu, pendidik juga harus siap dengan perubahan alat sesuai dengan perubahan teknologi yang mengikuti perubahan zaman. Perkembangan teknologi berdampak pada perkembangan model belajarmengajar. Dalam proses pembelajaran, pendidik dapat menggunakan alat seperti televisi, laptop,