Designing Encyborimal as a Teaching Material for Teaching Reading on Report Text

摘要

This research was conducted to design a teaching material needed by the teacher and students in reading on report text based on local content. The material is called Encyborimal which is the abbreviation of Encyclopedia of Borneo\u27s Animals. The research was carried out at SMA Negeri 8 Pontianak with the eleventh grade students in academic year 2015/2016 and their English teacher as the participants. The research applied R&D with three phases of development called ADDIE. From the need analysis, it was found that the students need to improve their reading comprehension with an interesting and eye-catching material. The research focused on creating the material to fit in the needs. In the research, the design of Encyborimal covered the concept of the product, while the development of Encyborimal described the contents included in the product. To validate the product, an expert validation is used with the result of 95% approval about the validation of the product being made. This result meant that Encyborimal is a very good teaching material for teaching reading on report text based on local content.