THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIPA DIGITAL TEACHING MATERIALS FOR READING BASED ON MULTIMODAL TO ENHANCE FOREIGN LEARNERS’ LITERACY AT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Abstract

Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) is a program specially designed to give lessons to non-native speakers who wish to study the Indonesian language. Each year, there is a significant increase in non-native speakers' enthusiasm to learn the Indonesian language. However, the increasing enthusiasm is not in line with stagnant teaching materials. This research aims to develop BIPA digital teaching materials for reading comprehension based on multimodal text to enhance learners' literacy at the intermediate level. The product development approach uses ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) design. The early stage is to identify the learners’ literacy needs at the intermediate level when reading Indonesian language text. Digital teaching materials are designed considering learners’ characteristics, including multimodal elements such as text, picture, audio, and video. The development process deals with creating content for digital teaching material that supports the improvement of reading comprehension in Indonesian. Digital technology is utilized and integrated to create interactive and diverse learning experiences. The digital teaching material is implemented in study sessions, which involve the learners' active participation at the intermediate level. The learners' responses and reactions to the digital teaching materials are observed to evaluate their effectiveness. The evaluation assesses whether BIPA digital teaching material development for reading based on multimodal text has succeeded. The data obtained from the evaluation stage is used to identify some deficiencies that can be revised to improve the quality of digital teaching material. The research results are expected to contribute to developing foreign learners’ literacy at the intermediate level in reading Indonesian texts. This digital teaching material can be used as a reference source to develop the method of BIPA’s study session, which is based on technology at the University level.