favorite activity since such activity is able to give what students need that is, to practice their writing skill in the authentic
language.
E. Data from the Interview
Pre - Interview
Name : Abdurrahman
Gender : Male
Class : X-4
Questions Could you tell me a little about yourself?
Age, family background, interests My name is Abdurrahman, I am the third child from the four
siblings. I like to play Futsal and Basketball. I am keen on playing game on my laptop as well.
Tell me about your language learning experiences When did you start learning English? Where?
I learn English since I was in the elementary school, but sometimes I practice English with my family members.
Did you enjoy it? Yes, I like to use English sometimes when I wrote a status on facebook or twitter, hehe.
Have you ever taken such an Informal and formal experiences of learning English? I took an English course when I was in the
Junior High School but it was only a year. What is your reason for studying here at SMAI Al-Azhar BSD?
What is your aim? Well, my parents asked me to choose this school, but I hope I could learn English better than before hehe.
What do you intend to do when you graduated? I want to continue my study to the University
Writing skill
How do you feel about writing in your language and in English? I think writing either in Bahasa or English is difficult. I like
reading better than writing by the way Tell me about your experience in using technology
What applications are you used to usinghave you used in classand or at home?
Internet? E-mail? Word processors? Edmodo? I have email, facebook, and twitter account. But I never heard
about Edmodo. I don’t know what Edmodo is? Tell me your thoughts and feelings about using technology in
your language classes
Do you think technology can be useful when learning a language? Why? Yes, of course. The example is when I wrote status on
facebook or twitter in English, so my friend will reply in English too. And of course it makes me learn English.
Did you enjoy using technology for learning languagewriting? if used before why? I really enjoy using it. It is because I can learn
English not only in the classroom but I can learn with my friend on twitter or facebook.
Name : Emeralda Linda Putri
Gender : Female
Class : X-5
Questions Could you tell me a little about yourself?
Age, family background, interests My name is Emeralda Linda Putri, I am the first child from the
five siblings. I like reading a novel. Tell me about your language learning experiences
When did you start learning English? Where? I learn English since I was in the elementary school.
Did you enjoy it? Yes, I like to learn English especially when I read novel I can learn many new vocabularies.
Have you ever taken such an Informal and formal experiences of learning English? I took an English course since I was in the
Junior High School. What is your reason for studying here at SMAI Al-Azhar BSD?
What is your aim? It is because my house is not too far from this
