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9 Internet. Elfurqaan 2014 mentions that learning the language for the university level can be more effective, efficient, and student-centered. The second, the researcher also reviews Meliawati, Nitiasih, and Budasi 2014 e-journal entitled Developing Blended Learning Based Reading Materials for the Tenth Grade Multimedia Students of SMK Wira Harapan. In this e-journal, they define the blended learning as the application of ICT to integrate the face-to- face instruction and self-assisted learning. The results, Meliawati et al. 2014 mention: The students need specific reading material based on their future job, the design of blended learning whose purpose was to make the teaching and learning process became student-centered activity and makes the students become self-assisted language learners, the developed blended learning based on reading material had a very high validity, the developed blended learning based on reading material could improve the students’ reading comprehension, and developing and implementing the blended learning based reading material, the technical problem was faced by the teacher p. 1. From two different examples of research on blended learning above, it shows that the blended learning can be defined differently. However, the researcher defines the blended learning that it is the technology integration in the classroom. The most important is the blended learning implementation gives the positive influence and it is very beneficial to the students. Next, the researcher explains the theories of perception.

2. Perception

In this section, the researcher mentions three parts of perception. There are the definitions of perception, process of perception, and factors that influence the perception. The explanations are as follows. 10

a. Definitions of Perception

There are many experts who talk about the perception. According to Rookes and Willson 200 0, perception is “a process which involves the recognition and interpretation of stimuli which register on our senses ” p. 1. Kreitner and Kinicki 2008 state the “perception is a cognitive process that enables us to interpret and understand our surroundings” p. 183. Robbins and Judge 2012 see the perception as “a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment” p. 166. Based on these definitions, the researcher concludes that the perception will include the process of recognizing and interpreting the information as the stimuli. Then, people will try to understand and organize the result of the interpretation. The result of their interpretation can affect their perception and how they give meaning to the environment.

b. Process of Perception

Szilagyi and Wallace 1980 show the process of perception. The process can be illustrated in Figure 2.1. Figure 2.1 Process of Perception Szilagyi Wallace, 1980, p. 72 Based on Figure 2.1, Szilagyi and Wallace 1980 mention three processes of the perception; 1 awareness or attention to the incoming stimulus, 2 translating