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educational life. It is also used specifically and widely in second language learning all over the world http:www.hltmag.co.ukjan07start02.htm.
Extracting from the explanation above, the writer assumes that technique is an artistic work, systematic procedure as a particular trick, stratagem, or
contrivance used to accomplish an immediate objective. It also needs to know, technique is placed on the class activities by which procedures are described. That
is why the internet-based material teaching is called as a technique even though the internet use in second and foreign language learning has brought certain
advantages and disadvantages. However, before discussing its advantages and disadvantages, it is a must to explain the definition of internet.
1. The Definitions of Internet
Internet is a network of people and information, linked together by telephone lines which are connected to computers Teeler and Gray, 2001: 1.
It is stated in Development Teach Target Forum 2005 that the internet sometimes called simply “the Net,” is a worldwide system of computer networks -
a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer and sometimes talk directly
to users at other computers. It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the
ARPANET. The original aim was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to be able to “talk to” research computers at
other universities http:searchindevelopment.teachtarget.comsDefinition0,sid8_
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gci212370,00.html. In addition, “The Federal Networking Council FNC agrees that the
following language reflects the definition of the term “Internet” 2007. “Internet” refers to the global information system that: i is logically linked together by a
globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol IP or its subsequent extensionsfollow-on; ii is able to support communications using the
Transmission Control ProtocolInternet Protocol TCPIP suite or its subsequent extensionsfollow-on, andor other IP-compatible protocols; and iii provides,
uses or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described herein”
http:www.nitrd.govfncInternet_res.html. In addition, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 states that
definition of the internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite TCPIP. It is a
network of networks
that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires,
fiber-optic cables,
wireless connections,
and other
technologies http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiInternet.
Considering the explanation above, the writer assumes that internet is a famous modern tool that can be used as a source of study in this technology era. It
is also latest search engines which allow people to track down the most obscure information. Moreover, people can download material, exchange information over
the net through the use of e-mail and upload their own information. Many kinds of
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professions or jobs can use it as a network of people and information. In addition, a professional teacher is a well-tried and also very rewarding use of this potential
exchange. Students feel happy, proud, and motivated to see their work published on the internet.
2. The Definitions of Internet-Based Material
