3 Internet for different purposes. Some students use the Internet for communication
through chatting while other students use it for exchange any information through uploading and downloading.
This condition is very interesting to be investigated since it raises some questions; whether the use of the Internet can help the students to learn English or
not, whether it can fullfil the students’needs or not, whether it can motivate the students or not. In order to answer the questions, it is very important to know the
students’ perception on the use of the Internet in learning English. Through the students’ perception, we can understand the real situation that the students face.
So that hopefully, we will have a better picture on the use of the Internet in learning English and we can apply it optimally.
B. Problem Formulation
There are two questions formulated in this research. These questions will guide the researcher in finding the result of the research. They are:
1. What are the students’ perceptions on the use of the Internet in learning
English at SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta? 2.
What are the recommendations on the use of the Internet in order to have better teaching-learning English at SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta?
C. Problem Limitation
This research will only focus on its investigation on the SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta
students’ perception on the use of the Internet in learning English
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4 based on authenticity, literacy, interaction, vitality, and empowerment since the
Internet can provide those five elements that leads the students to have successful learning English. Besides, it will focus on the recommendations to improve and
maximize the use of the Internet in learning English.
D. Research Objectives
Based on the problem formulation this research has two objectives: 1.
To know the students’ perceptions on the use of Internet in learning English. 2.
To find out the recommendations on the use of the Internet in learning English in order to provide better teaching-learning English using the Internet.
E. Research Benefits
This study means to give benefits to English teacher and senior high school students especially at SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta and university students.
1. English teacher at SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta and other English teachers in
Indonesia: a.
This research will help teachers to understand how the students perceive the use of the Internet as the facilitator in English learning, whether the Internet
can fulfill the students’ needs or not, whether it can motivate them or not, and whether it can help the students to improve their English or not.
b. This research will find out the students’ obstacles and recommendations on
the use of the Internet that will help the English teacher improve the quality of the use of the Internet in English teaching-learning so that we will have a
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5 better picture on the use of the Internet especially for English teaching-
learning in Indonesia. c.
It will stimulate other English teachers in Indonesia to use the Internet into their teaching-learning process.
2. SMA Negeri 2 Yogykarta and other students in Indonesia:
a. This research will help the students of SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta improve
their learning through the Internet. b.
Expectantly, it will encourage other students to use the Internet into their learning process.
3. University student
The results of the research are to help university students who are interested in conducting research on learning English using Internet:
a. They can conduct or develop similar research related to the use of the Internet
in learning English. b.
Other researcher can also enrich the existing research and provide further discussion on the use of the Internet.
F. Definition of terms
