NEED ANALYSIS OF MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING MATERIALS TO IMPROVE MALAYSIAN VOCATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO USE ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION MATERIALS

Abstract

Developing multimedia instructional materials is important to increase motivation to use the materials. This study investigated the need to develop multimedia-based learning media to improve students' motivation to use instructional materials in the English for Communication subject based on the latest syllabus. The participants are year one Diploma in Engineering students. There was a total of about 150 participants, selected using a purposive random sampling technique. A needs analysis questionnaire instrument with 15 closed-ended questions was given to selected vocational college students in Penang. Based on the results of the study, show that there is a need for improved learning instructional materials to be developed for learning the subject. Various forms of online and offline multimedia instructional materials using different learning media are also needed.  Overall, this research implies that multimedia-based materials are needed to increase the motivation to use the materials in learning the English for Communication subject.