Multimedia elements to support reading of slow learner students / Siti Aisyah Yusoh

Slow learner students are who has difficulties in academic skills which require more time, repetition, special instruction and more attention from teachers to be successful. Slow learner students always having problems with basic skills of learning like writing, mathematics and reading. Reading is one of the basic foundations of self-knowledge and importance to ensure students leading in reading skills; however, slow learner was expected that learning to read is really hard and uninterested things for them. Slow learners having a lot of problems with reading such as poor in comprehension skills, poor in word recognition, careless reading and poor in phonics skills. Therefore, this research is intended to identify the information about the characteristic of slow learner students and the reading element to support slow learner student in reading. The qualitative research method is used to gather information by conducting interview with the teachers who are experienced in special education. The Engagement of phonics, games, audio and story elements with the multimedia elements provides slow learner students a program or platform to make reading process become better and success in education. The implementation of video, graphic and animation multimedia elements into the reading element exposed students with the exponential of the reading process using technology and make it become more interesting and fun.