%X The objective of this study is to develop a proper set of web-based reading materials for the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Playen Gunungkidul. 
This research was a research and development (R & D) study. The steps of the development consisted of defining the scope, identifying the learners’ characteristics, producing a style manual, determining and collecting resources, developing initial content ideas, conducting a task and concept analysis, creating flowcharts and storyboards, preparing the scripts, preparing the text, writing program code, creating the graphics, producing audio and video, assembling the pieces, preparing supporting materials, doing an alpha test, making revisions, doing a beta test, making final revisions, and validating the program. The instruments of the data collection were questionnaires and interviews. The types of the data were quantitative and qualitative which were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. 
The result of this study is a proper set of web-based reading materials for the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Playen Gunungkidul. The result of the study shows that the web-based reading materials have met the characteristics of good materials. It is indicated by the mean values of the alpha and beta tests for the materials and media aspects. The mean values for the materials aspect in the alpha test is 4.45. The mean value for the media aspect in the alpha test is 4.25. The beta test result shows that the range of mean values of the items is from 3.47 to 4.70. Thus, the grand mean is 4.28. Besides, the result of the beta test is also supported by the result of the interviews. Those results show that the web-based reading materials for the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Playen Gunungkidul are good and proper.
%I Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
%A Rika Naila Luthfa
%T DEVELOPING WEB-BASED READING MATERIALS FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 2 PLAYEN GUNUNGKIDUL
%D 2013
%K web-based reading materials, SMP
%L UNY22760