DESIGNING AN ISLAMIC BILINGUAL STORYBOOK (A SUPPLEMENTARY READING FOR THE EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH BOARDING SCHOOL PALOPO)

This study aims to design an appropriate Islamic bilingual storybook for students at Muhammadiyah Boarding School Palopo. This research answers two questions, which were, (1) How to design an Islamic bilingual storybook as a supplementary
reading for the eighth-grade students of Muhammadiyah Boarding School Palopo Junior High School?; (2) How do students perceptions to the designed Islamic bilingual storybook?. Therefore, a storybook was designed based on the findings
from the needs analysis, with the aim of serving as a reading resource. This study used the Research and Development method by applying the ADDIE model (analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate). Researcher collected data
through interviews and needs analysis questionnaire instruments through distributed questionnaires, expert validation, and student responses. A total of 22 students and 1 English teacher of Muhammadiyah Boarding School Palopo
participated in this study. The product consists of 1) 17 fictional stories; 2) illustration in each chapter; 3) the use of two languages (English - Indonesian). The product was validated by experts, who obtained the mean score of 92.75%, which falls into the "excellent" category. This score was reinforced by findings
from student interviews, which revealed that this storybook was considered very interesting because the stories and visuals presented were attractive.