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Meanwhile, the writer is also eager to find out whether there will be an interaction between types of teaching materials and students’ learning motivation in teaching
reading.
D. Statement of the Problems
From the background of the study, limitation of the problems, and problems identification, the writer formulates the problems of this study as
follows: 1.
Is internet-based material more effective than textbook material to improve students’ reading comprehension achievement?
2. Do students who have high learning motivation have better reading
comprehension achievement than those who have low learning motivation? 3.
Is there any interaction between teaching materials and students’ learning motivation?
E. Objectives of the Study
Generally, the objectives of this study are connected to the formulation of the problems. This study is aimed at knowing the influence of the internet-based
material, textbook, and students’ learning motivation in terms of the students’ reading comprehension.
The objectives of this research in detail are: 1.
To find out whether internet-based material is more effective than textbook material to teach reading comprehension.
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2. To find out whether students who have high learning motivation have better
reading comprehension than those who have low learning motivation. 3.
To find out whether there is an interaction between teaching materials and students’ learning motivation. Internet-based material is better used for
students having high learning motivation.
F. Benefits of the Study
The benefits of this study are as follows: 1.
Theoretically, this study can support the theories on teaching English reading as a foreign language.
2. Practically, the result of this study will be useful to:
a Other teachers. This study will give information to other teachers about the university students’ learning motivation low and high in reading
comprehension through internet-based material and textbook. Secondly, this study enables other English teachers to create and explore
some varieties of reading materials in their textbook and internet as an electronic media for their university students. It will make reading
activities more interesting, faster, creative, innovative, and always up to date.
Finally, this study shows to other teachers that, as English teachers, they should improve their teaching quality to make their class have a greater
interest, motivation, joy, awareness, and fruitful journey to explore their own teaching experience, especially reading.
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b University students. This study enables them to study reading not only
from the textbook but also from the internet. They have different experience in their reading process in class through this study.
Furthermore, internet-based material can help the students develop their motivation, creativity, critical thinking, and avoid boredom. So, they can
improve their reading comprehension. c
The institution. This study can be used for STAIN Samarinda, especially for
Pesantren Kampus
PESKAM STAIN Samarinda because it provides valuable information for the improvement of teaching reading through
internet-based material and textbook. d
Other researchers. This study can be a reference for further similar studies. e
The writer. This study can improve and give her a new experience, build brand-new schemata, and knowledge on teaching and learning process. It
is functioned as the measurement whether or not she can practice and apply all of the theoretical knowledge to a real class of her own. Besides, it
also gives her knowledge of personality, persistence, and patience.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
