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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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question, that is, what constitutes good and bad perception. The readers will have clear description about how one person can be categorized to have good or bad perception.
Then, the researcher will review the characteristics of the students. This discussion is needed to know the students’ characteristics that lead to good perception or bad
perception. In addition, the researcher will also discuss nature of Internet in education, especially the nature of Internet in learning to write. This discussion is needed to know