Sulastriningsih Djumingin
Learning in writing short stories makes learners being capable of conveying ideas, personal experience based on cultural context that forms the personal character. However, the learning media of writing short stories is not yet available and has not been examined. Therefore, this research aims at developing the learning media in writing short story using synectic mo-del. Research was designed using development model of 4-D Thiagarajan. The subjects were the sixth-grade students majo-ring in Indonesian language and literature academic 2009, Universitas Negeri Makassar. The results showed that: (1) the va-lidity of learning model product, namely: planning model is 4.7 (very valid). Material model is 4.5 (very valid). Evaluation mo-del is 4.6 (very valid); (2) the practicality aspects of component syntax of synectic model are met entirely, (3) learning media is effective.
Faculty of Languages and Literature, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia
