38 b.
By learning English through the Internet, the students were helped to master English and technology.
c. Both English and technology are important for their academic and
occupational success. d.
The Internet helped the students to improve their passive skill. e.
Principally, the Internet was helpful to improve the students’ active skill. Yet, it was difficult for them to access listening and speaking materials.
3. The Students’ Perception on the Interaction on the Use of the Internet in Learning English.
The third part would analyze
the students’ perception on the use of the Internet on the interaction. The following is the data result of questionnaire in a
form of table.
Table 4.3 Questionnaire Result of Interaction
No III. Interaction
Percentage 5
4 3
2 1
9 I can practice my English with native
speaker directly through the Internet 5.9
17.6 41.2
32.4 2.9
10 In my opinion, the Internet is an
effective way to communicate English 11.8
52.9 29.4
5.9 11
The Internet helps me to improve my English fluency
14.7 64.7
20.6 Total
10.8 45.1 30.4 12.8 0.9
Table 4.3 Questionnaire Result of Interaction showed that there was 41.2 of the student chose doubt on the ninth statement, “I can practice my English with
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39 native speaker directly through the Internet”. There was 52.9 of the students
chose agree on the tenth statement, “In my opinion, the Internet is an effective way to communicate English”. There was 64.7 of the students chose agree on
the eleventh statement, “The Internet helps me to improve my English fluency”. From the available data, the researcher concluded that the students possessed
positive perception since they tend to choose strongly agree and agree for the statements of interaction.
The next section was to present the interview data. Based on the data of interview, most of the students said that they never used the Internet to
communicate English with native speaker. They were unconfident to communicate English with native speaker. This data verified the data of
questionnaire on the ninth statement, “I can practice my English with native speaker directly through the Internet
”, and where there was 41.2 of the students chose doubt and 32.4 of the students chose disagree. Yet, the students said that
the Internet is an effective way to practice or communicate English. This data verified the data of questionnaire on the tenth statement, “In my opinion, the
Internet is an effective way to communicate English ”. There were 52.9 of the
students chose agree on the statement. Moreover, the students said that the Internet helped them to improve their English fluency. This data verified the data
of questionnaire on the eleventh statement, “The Internet helps me improve my English fluency
”. There were 64.7 of the students chose agree on the statement. The data sustained the theory proposed by Warschauer 2007:8, the Internet
offers ways to communicate or interact with native speaker. In line with
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40 Warschauer, Singhal as cited in Aydin states that the Internet is useful medium for
communication with native speaker in real situations, improving writing skill, and teaching of culture. From the available data, the students were consistent in
answering the questions. Also, it showed that principally the student knew that Internet is effective to practice English. Yet, they were unconfident to
communicate English with native speaker. Based on the analysis data of questionnaire and data of interview, the
researcher summarized some points on the interaction. The following were the summary:
a. Most of students possess positive perception.
b. Most of the students were unconfident to communicate or interact with native
speaker. c.
Basically, most of the students knew that the Internet is effective to practice English with native speaker.
d. Principally, most of the students knew that the use of the Internet helps them
to improve their fluency.
4. The Students’ Perception on the Vitality on the Use of the Internet in
