Variety of Media Up-to-date Information Access Navigation

2.5.1 The Advantages of Using Reading Materials Adapted from the Internet in

Teaching Reading Heinich 2002:264 has noted that the strengths of reading materials from the internet are as follows: accessible, variety of media, up-to-date information access, navigation, idea exchange, convenient communication, and low cost. Furthermore, in this research the strengths of reading materials from the internet were: accessible, variety of media, up-to-date information access, navigation, and low cost. The sections below discusses in detail about those strengths respectively.

a. Accessible

One of the strength of the reading materials from internet is accessible. According to Heinich 2002:264, mentions that students no longer only have access to textbooks, but to content materials located far beyond the walls of the school building. It means by using the internet students can get the materials they need to learn. They can find it and no limitation to the students to access the material in the internet. Heinich adds that you and your students can obtain information housed in multiple, distant, and inaccessible libraries around the world. In other words, in the internet both of students and teachers can easily access the material for teaching learning process from the other collection book of other school and country.

b. Variety of Media

According to Heinich 2002:268, Internet sites may contain a variety of media, including text, audio, graphics, animation, video and downloadable software. It can be said that the students can find so many kinds of media from the internet to use in learning process such as text, audio, graphics, animation, video and software that can be downloaded easily. So, they will be more interested in learning especially in learning English by using so many varieties of the media.

c. Up-to-date Information Access

In this modern age, educational support facilities sometimes still limited to the available school resources. With the internet, the learning process in the school has made a little change. The ability to connect with the wider community that exists around the world with the Internet has opened new horizons in education, especially in terms of the materials used in the study. Information and internet access that is always up-to-date have made significant impact on the current learning model. Students can access data or learning materials from existing library school or another city to enrich their knowledge. Therefore, access and information that is up-to-date on the internet is very influential in improving the capability and spirit of the students in learning, especially in English.

d. Navigation

A primary advantage of the Internet is the ability to move easily within and among document, Heinich 2002:271. Simply by pressing a button or click of a mouse, users can search a variety of documents in various locations without having to move to the other places or open another document. With the Internet that is easily accessible, teachers and students will be slightly helped in terms of learning resources in accordance with its time. They can also save the time for learning activities, because they are quick to search for it on the internet without having to visit to the other library, or even out of town just to get the necessary learning materials.

e. Low Cost