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ICT Assignment 2
Comment of CD Learning
By Drs. Hartoyo, M.A., Ph.D.

I. CD 1 (TALK NOW)

1.1 INTERACTIVITY
This program can stimulate interaction. It seems that the computer is a living thing that can communicate with the user, for example, if we click wrong answer, it will tell us by saying “NO”. If we click right answer, it will say “YES”. When we can answer all of the questions, it will also give us reward by saying “SELAMAT”. (The Score is EXCELLENT)

1.2 USABILITY
It is really very flexible program. The user can choose the exercise which he likes by choosing the menu. If the user thinks that the exercise is too difficult, he can skip it. The program is easy to be operated since the navigation buttons are easy to be understood. For example, if we want to change the language, we choose the symbol of flag and if we want to quit the program, we just click the picture of foot. (EXCELLENT)

1.3 CONTENT NT APPROPRIATENESS
The materials are suitable for the sixth grade of elementary students or the first grade of SMP students. (VERY GOOD)

1.4 EFFECTIVENESS
The program can help the users to improve their vocabulary, phrases, and pronunciation. The only weakness is for some certain exercises that do not display their spelling. (FAIRLY GOOD)

1.5 PERFORMANCES
The presentations and illustrations are very interesting, attractive and colorful. The programmers should try to insert some popular characters to children, for instance, characters of cartoons. (FAIRLY GOOD)

II. CD 2 (TALK MORE)

2.1 INTERACTIVITY
This program can also stimulate the user, but I think it will be better if the program give a reward to the user who can get high score or a bit comment if the user can only get poor score. (GOOD)

2.2 USABILITY
The users will often click a wrong button since the program is lack of information. I suggest giving some information to avoid clicking the wrong buttons. (GOOD)

2.3 CONTENT APPROPRIATENESS
The materials presented are suitable for junior high school students or the first grade of senior high school students. (FAIRLY GOOD)

2.4 EFFECTIVENESS
The program is really helpful to enlarge students’ vocabularies. They are put in a context. The phrases are really useful for students to understand the words. The illustrations given by the program are also meaningful. (VERY GOOD)

2.5 PERFORMANCES
The most weakness of this program is on the presenter. The users must be given freedom to choose the presenter whom they like best, for example, a well-known singer or the name of a cartoon character. It is necessary to make the users not bored. (GOOD)

III. CD3 (ISSUE IN ENGLISH)

3.1 INTERACTIVITY
Because of lack of information about the program, the users will get confused in choosing the menu. They will also get confused to choose the level of exercises because there is no information about it. The same case happen when the users want to escape, they do not know which button that must be clicked. (ENOUGH)

3.2 USABILITY
The pictures, the symbol, and the navigation buttons used in this program are not good enough. They are not so clear that the users will have difficulties in operating it. (ENOUGH)

3.3 CONTENT APPROPRIATENESS
The materials presented in the program are suitable for junior or senior secondary school. The users will get a lot of information about the highlight of the words by clicking the words or phrases. So, the users do not need to open their dictionary very often. (VERY GOOD)

3.4 EFFECTIVENESS
The program provides information about words, phrases, and tenses. The explanations are clear enough to be understood. The tense that is discussed in the program is suited according to the level of difficulty that can be chosen by the users. They are suitable for senior secondary school. (VERY GOOD)

3.5 PERFORMANCE
I think the color used in the presentation is too monotonous. The presentation is boring since there is no variety of background in the presentation. (POOR)

IV. CD 4 (SONGS)

I can not open this CD. It might be caused by my poor ability in operating computer. Fortunately, I can open it by using VCD and here are a bit comments about it.

4.1 INTERACTIVITY
The users can only choose what they want to listen. Talking about the buttons used in the CD, they must be improved to be standard as the other compact discs of song.

4.2 USABILITY
The teacher can use the CD as a part of a game in teaching learning process. The weakness of this CD is flexibility. It is not flexible, but the teacher can use the big screen in front to have its variety.

4.3 CONTENT APPROPRIATENESS
It is suitable for students from kindergarten to elementary level. It can be used to develop students’ vocabulary mastery through song. It can also be used to teach them some moral values of life.

4.4 EFFECTIVENESS
One of the usefulness of song is to increase students’ vocabulary. It will be more enjoyable and interesting.

4.5 PERFORMANCES
The lyrics of the songs that are used in this CD are easily to be understood and remembered. They are quite helpful create enjoyable learning since they can easily memorize the lyrics and understand them. Talking about the lay out of the CD, they are standard.