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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter presents theoretical writing and research that underlie this study. This chapter consists of two parts, i.e. theoretical description and
theoretical framework.
A. Theoretical Description
In this section, the theories that are mainly discussed are the theories on perception, computer assisted language learning, curriculum in language learning,
the basic language skills which are developed and netspeak.
1. Perception
The understanding of the perception can be derived from some experts. According to Borger and Seaborne 1996: 105, “perception is an awareness of the
environment, through which a person processes incoming sensory data in a certain way to arrive at useful impression of his surroundings.” Huffman and Vernoy
1997: 79 state that, “the perception is the process of selecting, organizing and interpreting sensory data into usable mental representations of the world.”
Kreitner and Kinicki 1992: 126 add that, “perception is a mental and cognitive process that enables people to interpret and understand the surroundings.”
Meanwhile, Cook 1994: 150 remarks that, “perception is the selection, organization and interpretation of sensory data.” It shows that perception is
important process that helps people define their world and guide their behaviors. Robbins 2001: 122 adds that, “perception can also be defined as
conscious mental process of observing, viewing, responding and understanding, in which someone gives a meaning on the stimulus he receives.” Perception does not
solely involve sensory process for it is also a mental process. In addition Hardi and Heyes 1988: 85 states that, “the basic form of perception is people’s born
talent, meanwhile perceptional ability is the result of learning, which is determined by the environment.”
Robbins 2001: 122-124 states that, “perception has three components.” The components are a perceiver, target and the situation in which the perception is
occurring. Each of these components influences the perceiver’s impression or interpretation of the target.
First impressions are important in forming the perception toward certain stimuli. When someone is interested in perceiving certain stimulus at the first
time, he will intend to know and learn more about it. Having good impression can encourage someone to learn about it. These impressions will ultimately lead to the
positive perception, in which the person feels happy and like the thing. In contrary, having bad impression will lead people to develop negative perceptions,
in which people will feel unhappy and dislike the thing. Therefore, if the Stella Duce 1 Senior High School students have good impression toward Yahoo
Messenger, it is expected that they will perceive Yahoo Messenger positively.
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