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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter presents the discussion about the theories applied in this study. The writer divides this chapter into two parts: theoretical description and
theoretical framework. In the theoretical description, the writer reviews on perception, technology in education, teaching learning media, internet in language
teaching and writing proficiency. The theoretical framework contains the contributions of the specific theories which are employed in this study to address
the problems.
A. Theoretical Description
Since this study is aimed to discover the students’ perception on the use of Nicenet.org as a teaching learning media, firstly, the writer discusses perception.
The discussion about perception deals with the definition of perception by some experts, the perceptual process, and the influences in perceptual process.
Secondly, the writer discusses technology in education. The writer drives a point about the use of technology in education. Moreover, the writer explains about its
definition and its importance in the education world. Thirdly, the writer provides an explanation of teaching learning media. Fourthly, the writer clarifies internet in
language teaching. Writing proficiency is the last. The further explanation will be clarified in the next page.
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1. Perception
Human beings are equipped with several sense organs. Those organs are used to receive information from their surrounding. For instance, ears are to get
information by hearing and nose is to get information by smelling. Each organ has specific function to send the received information to the brain. The information
will be collected in the brain. By having the information, human can have a perception on the given situation.
Perception is the oldest topic discussed by psychologists. Research about perception has been developed since hundreds years ago. Researching perception
becomes important since perception is a foundation underlining others disciplines. Many psychologists and scientists have been trying to define what perception is
and research about it for hundreds years ago. Universally, perception is described as the process of attaining awareness
to understanding of sensory information. Based on Gibson, Ivancevich, and Donnely 1985: 60, perception is the cognitive process by which an individual
gives meaning to the environment. The meaning given to the surrounding is various. Each individual has different meaning on the same environment. Because
each person gives his or her own meaning toward the stimuli, he or she will ‘see’ what the others do not ‘see’. Everyone has different thought to the same thing.
According to Burner as cited by Shaw and Costanzo 1982: 186, perception is a process of categorization. The organism is stimulated by some
appropriate input external object, event, etc. and responds to it by relating it a category of objects or events. Burner adds perception is not merely the passive
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