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C. Rationale
1. The Difference between Textbook and Internet Materials to teach Writing
The success of learning is determined by many factors like teacher’s teaching ability, classroom situation, teaching materials, and learners’ creativity and
motivation as well as their intelligence. Since teaching a certain subject needs an appropriate material, teachers are demanded to possess a good ability to choose the
most suitable material sources in order to achieve the objective of the lesson. A good and appropriate teaching material is what can maximize students’
potentials, improve their interest to take part in the process of building knowledge, and can invite all students to get involved in various given activities. It is because an
appropriate and suitable teaching material will lead to a more student-centered learning process. This research will apply two different materials: internet and
textbook materials. In the teaching and learning process using internet materials, the teacher
provides controlled and determined materials taken from internet. The development with a tight control towards the internet materials becomes the indicator whether the
students are able to be more creative in expressing their ideas in the form of argumentative essays. The aim of giving controlled materials is a means to avoid
having misconception upon the advantages for both teachers and students. Teaching writing by internet materials is one method used to increase language
use and acquisition of foreign language Kasanga, 1996: 76. For example, it was found that interaction in language helps learners to gain input in language learning
process. The internet motivates learners to use English in their daily lives and
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provides functional communicative experiences. In teaching by using internet materials, students evolve strategies to understand how they learn. Besides that,
teaching and learning become more effective as internet provides an abundant resources to learn.
Meanwhile, textbook materials, a manual of instruction or a standard book in any branch of study, actually provides chances to have the right number of materials
for certain program. Textbook materials are created to be used easily with or without an adequate preparation. The content of textbook materials have an equal coverage of
grammar and the four skills as it has already been tried out in some piloting classes for a certain period of time.
In the reality, it cannot be denied that textbook materials are not always suitable with the needs and demands of the community. Often time, it is a must to adapt the
content of a textbook in accordance with the real classroom situations. Based on the assumption that appropriate teaching materials will bear a better
students’ performance, materials taken from internet in the teaching and learning process are supposed to increase students’ interest in learning writing and yielding a
better writing competence. It is also assumed that materials taken from internet are better than materials taken from textbooks.
2. The Difference between Students with Low and High Level of Creativity in
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