Utilization of ChatGPT and Suno AI as Multimodal Learning Media in Democracy-Themed Poetry Learning at the Junior High School Level
ChatGPT, Suno AI, multimodal learning, democracy poetry, junior high school, Merdeka Curriculum, artificial intelligence
Abstract
This study considers the use of two generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, ChatGPT and Suno AI, as multimodal learning media in democracy-themed poetry learning at the junior high school (SMP) level. The data for this research stems from two corpora:(1) 20 poems on democratic values (deliberation, tolerance, leadership, rights and obligations, and nationalism) produced by ChatGPT in contexts pertinent to the lived experiences of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Malang students,(2) Twenty musical compositions were created utilizing Suno AI based on those poems. A descriptive-qualitative method was used through multimodal analysis and musical semiotics. The findings illustrate that (1) ChatGPT-generated poems achieve proportional and contextually appropriate representation of five clusters of democratic values; (2) Suno AI generates pop anthem and Indonesian pop-folk genres that convey democratic character—collaborative, inclusive, and collectively spirited—that reflects the thematic content of poems; and (3) and (4) that the poetry-music pairs generated can have pedagogical importance as a vehicle for literary appreciation, character education, and multimodal literacy. The study outlines a five-phase AI-Assisted Poetry-Music Learning Framework (AAPMLF), proposed with the outcomes from these findings as a framework for Indonesian Language classes at the SMP level within the Merdeka Curriculum framework at a practical stage.
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