The use of multimedia technologies in education has enabled teachers to simulate final outcomes and assist students in applying knowledge learned from textbooks, thereby compensating for the deficiency of traditional teaching methods. It is important to examine how effective the technologies are in practical use. The purpose of the study was to describe the implementation of interactive multimedia and to describe the level of defiance of the eighth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Surakarta in learning of Simple Present Tense.  The study utilized a teaching experiment with a non-equivalent pretest-posttest experimental group design to test and discuss students’ professional cognition, operating skill cognition, and level of learning achievement during the learning process. No significant differences emerged between the groups in regards to professional cognition or operation skills cognition. However, a significant difference in learning achievement was noted, indicating that the treatment with multimedia produced greater achievement than with traditional learning methods. Results are explained in detail and recommendations for further research provided. The result showed that teaching learning process by using multimedia is not only helping teacher in delivering the target language but also motivating the students in learning where it providesaudio and visual materials that make the students attract to the lesson and give more attention to it.

Masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah “Bagaimana Pembelajaran Paduan Suara Secara Acapella Menggunakan Model Direct Instruction Pada Siswa Kelas VIII di SMP Negeri 50 Palembang”?. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mendeskripsikan pembelajaran secara Acapella pada kelas VIII di SMP Negeri 50 Palembang, yang secara spesifik untuk mengetahui perencanaan, pelaksanaan dan evaluasi pembelajaran seni secara acapella menggunakan model Direct Instruction kelas VIII di SMP Negeri 50 Palembang. Dalam penelitian ini metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi. Berdasarkan pembahasan yang telah diuraikan dapat disimpulkan bahwa pembelajaran paduan suara secara acapella dalam menyanyikan lagu Cup Mak Ilang kepada siswa kelas VIII di SMP Negeri 50 Palembang sudah berjalan dengan baik dan komunikasi  antara  guru dan siswa terjalan dengan baik yang menyebabkan siswa dapat menyerap materi pembelajaran paduan suara secara acapella dalam menyanyikan Cup Mak Ilang.