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4. Future researchers
The researcher hoped that this research inspire future researchers who concern to this field. They can conduct similar research related to the use of Internet as a
supporting tool in Writing VI class. Other researchers may also enrich the existing
research and to provide further discussion on the use of Internet.
F. Definition of Terms
Definition of terms is used in this study to avoid misunderstanding. The terms are:
1. Perception
Kreitner and Kinicki 1992: 126 define, “perception is a mental and cognitive process that enables people to interpret and understand the surroundings”. According to
Szilagyi and Wallace 1980: 70, they says, “perception is defined as the process by which individuals attend to incoming stimuli, organize and then interpret such stimuli
into a message that in turn indicates an appropriate action or behavior”. In the study, perception refers to how the students feel, think about, and
consider about the use of Internet in writing VI class and its contributions toward their writing proficiency.
2. Writing Proficiency
Writing proficiency is one’s ability to put down his ideas, ideals, imaginations or whatever he has in mind on one piece of writing, by knowledge of the language
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which covers: correct forms of the language on the sentence level, mechanics of punctuation and content organization
3. Internet
Internet is equal to World Wide Web, therefore when we hear “the Internet”, the person could be referring to the World Wide Web. Web is a system which has
function for keeping, taking, formatting, and showing the information through client or server
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Levine,
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1997: 5. He also adds that web can combine texts, pictures, sounds, and even animation that enable you to move just by clicking your mouse. Web is very
useful source of information, and most of the information on it is free. We should try searching for information we are interested in through the web, and we will probably
be surprised at how much information we can find In this study, the Internet refers to the students’ source of information used
in Writing VI class to support their learning in this course. There is also web provided by the lecturers. The web is
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www.writing6.wordpress.com
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW
This chapter reviews the theories that are going to be used in this study. This chapter consists of two parts. They are literature review and theoretical framework. The
literature review presents the main theories which are used as the references in this study. The theoretical framework presents the outline of the specific theories which are
used as the guideline to answer the problems of this study. The main concern of this study is the students’ perceptions of the use of
Internet and of its contributions toward writing proficiency. In order to conduct this research, the researcher will discuss some literature reviews which provide the
references or theories related to this research. The theories in this chapter will be discussed in order to answer several questions. The questions are:
1. What constitutes good perception and bad perception?
2. What are the characteristics of the students?
3. What are the characteristics or the nature of the use of Internet in learning to
write? 4.
Do the characteristics of the students lead to good perception or bad perception?
5. Does the nature of the Internet or the use of Internet lead to good perception or
bad perception? Hence, the researcher is going to, first, review the nature of perception, because
this research aims to know what the students’ perceptions of the use of Internet in writing VI class are. The discussion about perception is also needed to answer the first
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