A STUDY ON THE DIGITALITY LEVELS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT MA MUHAMMADIYAH 01 MALANG

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A STUDY ON THE DIGITALITY LEVELS OF SENIOR HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS AT MA MUHAMMADIYAH 01 MALANG

THESIS

By

ANANDA THRIA PERMANA

07360150

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

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This thesis written by Ananda Thria Permana was approved on January 27, 2012.

By:

Advisor II , Advisor I,

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This Thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

on January 27, 2012

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Drs. H. Fauzan, M. Pd

Examiners: Signatures:

1. Dr. Masduki, M.Pd 1. ………

2. Santi Prastiyowati, S.Pd 2. ………

3. Drs. Soeparto, M.Pd 3. ………

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

HAI ORANG-ORANG YANG BERIMAN, JADIKANLAH SABAR DAN SHALAT SEBAGAI PENOLONGMU, SESUNGGUHNYA ALLAH

BESERTA ORANG-ORANG YANG SABAR (AL- BAQARAH 153)

DEDICATION

Special dedicated for

I would like to thank to Allah SWT that gives me a way and my family especially my mom thanks for your spiritual and material, my dad thanks for your advices and material, my old sisters thanks for your pray and support, and you always remind me to do my thesis, All of my friends, Novi you are my best friend ever who always gives me advices, support and gives me inspirations. For BCT’s Club, Anwar, Giri, Mumu, Waris you are my lovely friends, thanks because you always helped and supported me. Mas Sofyan, Mas Salam, Kiki, Aurel, and all of my families who cannot be mentioned.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful, praise is just to Allah, the creator the world and protector of all of creatures. By Allah’s guidance the writer can finish this thesis. Peace and Blessing always be on our prophet Muhammad SAW.

The writer would like to express deepest gratitude to Drs. Soeparto, M.Pd, as the first advisor and Nura Inayati, SE. SS as the second advisor whose patience, suggestion, correction, and advice during the consultation period complete this thesis. The writer feels that words will never enough to acknowledge them.

Additional, thanks for the Headmaster of MA Muhammadiyah 01 Malang, because she gives permision and time to do this research.

The writer’s gratitude and appreciation goes to dearest parents (Fundiyah and Gunadi) who always give motivation, spirit, support to finish this thesis. His thanks also go to the fisrt sister (Mbak Desi), the second sister (Mbak Nita), thanks for their attention, pray and support. Thanks so much for Novi, you are my best friend who always gives me advices, support and gives me inspirations.

Anwar, Giri, Mumu, Waris, Rivan, all of my friends in the BCT’s club, Jati, Gagah, Agung, Atna, Andi and all of my friend who cannot be mentioned one by one.

Malang, January, 2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ………. i

LEGALIZATION ……….. .. ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ………... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS …..………... iv

ABSTRACT ………. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ……….………..……….. vi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ... 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem ... 3

1.3 The Purpose of the Study ... 4

1.4 Significant of the Study ... 4

1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ... 4

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Classification of Generation ... 6

2.2 Digital Immigrants ... 8

2.3 Digital Natives ... 9

2.4 Characteristics of Digital Naitives ... 10

2.4.1 Freedom ... 10

2.4.2 Customization... 11

2.4.3 Scrutiny ... 11

2.4.4 Integrity ... 12

2.4.5 Collaboration ... 12

2.4.6 Entertainment ... 13

2.4.7 Speed ... 14

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design ... 15

3.2 Population and Sample ... 15

3.3 Research Instrument ... 17

3.4 Data Collection ... 18

3.5 Data Analysis ... 19

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research Finding ... 21

4.2 Discussion ... 25

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 27

5.2 Suggestion ... 27

5.2.1 Suggestion for the English Teachers... 27

5.2.2 Suggestion for the Students ... 28

5.2.3 Suggestion for the Next Researcher ... 28

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Chapter I discusses the background of the study, statement of problem, purpose of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of key terms. Each point is presented as follows:

1.1Background of The Study

Today technology becomes a familiar topic because of the rapid period of technological transformation into information. Few people could afford the printed books made possible by presses for another several centuries. On the other hand, the invention and adoption of digital technologies by more than a billion people worldwide has occurred over of view decades.

The increasing technological development and the immersion of technology into the lives have divided into some generations. Each generation is influenced by the technology development at that time, and of course it will influence the civilization. According to Tapscott (2009: 16) there are four generations from 1964 to present.

First generation is called a Baby Boomer (Tapscott: 2009), anyone who was born between 1946 and 1964. In this generation, many families postponed having children until after the war, for many reasons. After the war was over, the economy was very strong. It made the families confident to have lots of babies. In this era, TV became popular. When it was invented, they were exciting because they thought that they could not only hear people who were far away but they also actually could see them. Before it, the family was accustomed to gather in a large room to listen the radio.

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The second generation is Generation X, anyone who was born between 1965 -1976. This generations are aggressive communicators. They are the oldest population who use computer and internet. Their habits are like to those of Net Generation. From this, we can predict how Net Generation will master the digital universe.

The next generation is Net Generation. They were born between 1977- 1997. Net generations are also called the Millennial, the first generation to come of age in the new millennium. They are a portrait of Generation Next. The enthusiasm of using technology is a clear distinction between Net Generation and other generations. They are net-addicted, glued to the screen, and losing their social skills.

The latest generation is Generation Next. They were born in January 1998 to present. This generation is almost the same with net generation. They use technology and the internet to connect with people in new and distinctive ways. They are the users of social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and etc. They can post a personal profile complete with photos and descriptions of interests and hobbies even in detail.

Both the Net Generation and Generation Next belong to the Digital Natives. They were born when the technology are developed. It is important to note that these technologies such as cable television, the internet, laptop and mobile devices are not always readily available for previous generations. It must be different with the generations who have not been born into those era or we can call them Digital Immigrants. Undeniable, the technology development can influence the civilization in many aspects, such as their behavior, habit, and the way of thinking.

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According to Prensky (2001), Digital Immigrants are those who were not born into the digital world. The Digital Immigrants assume that the students today are the same as they have always been, and they use the same method that they got when they were students to teach their students today. Digital immigrants also do not believe that their students can learn successfully while watching television or listening to music because they think that learning cannot be fun.

In contrast, the digital natives have extremely different habits and thinking from the digital immigrant. They have spent their whole lives surrounded by and using computers, videogames, digital music players, video cams, cell phones, and all the other digital toys and tools. It is because of they were born when the technology are developed.

However, Digital Natives may have some characteristics both positive and negative sides, such as: Freedom, Customization, Scrutiny, Integrity, Collaboration, Entertainment, Speed and Innovation.

Therefore, in this paper the researcher would like to analyze about the digitality levels of senior high school students at MA Muhammadiyah 1 Malang. It is to know the digitality levels of senior high school students.

1.2Statement of The Problem

Based on the statement above, the problem of the study is formulated as follow: “How are the digitality levels of senior high school students at MA Muhammadiyah 1 Malang?”

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4 1.3Purpose of Study

The purpose of the study is directly related to the problem of the study. And by conducting this research the writer will describe the digitality levels of senior high school students at MA Muhammadiyah 1 Malang.

1.4Significance of Study

The result of his study is expected to give contribution and information to the English student about the digitality levels of senior high school students at MA Muhammadiyah 01 Malang. And it is expected that the students of senior high school have information and get an effective technique to develop their ability in their subject. This study would be also useful for the reader in general, a student in particular in knowing the digitality levels of high school students.

1.5 Scope and Limitation

The scope of this study is the digitality levels of students at senior high school at MA Muhammadiyah 01 Malang. In this study, the researcher limits to the digitality levels of students.

1.6Definition of Key Terms

To avoid misunderstanding of the definition key terms which are used in this study the researcher would explain the definition of key terms, they are:

Digitality: Negroponte has stated, “Digitality is used to mean the condition of living in digital culture” (1995). From Nicholas Negroponte’s book “Being Digital: In Analogy with Modernity, Post Modernity”.

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Digitality Levels: Digitality level is position or degree of value in the condition of living in a digital culture (Oblinger, 2003).

Digital: Digital is relating to an audio recording method in which sound waves are represented digitally (as on magnetic tape) so that in the recording wow and flutter are eliminated and background noise is (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital).

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