A STUDY OF ONLINE LEARNING USED BY HIGH FLYERS STUDENTS AT EF ENGLISH FIRST MALANG
A STUDY OF ONLINE LEARNING USED BY HIGH FLYERS
STUDENTS AT EF ENGLISH FIRST MALANG
THESIS
KHURUN ‘IYN
08360012
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2012
A STUDY OF ONLINE LEARNING USED BY HIGH FLYERS
STUDENTS AT EF ENGLISH FIRST MALANG
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of requirement to achieve The
Sarjana Degree in English Education
KHURUN ‘IYN
08360012
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2012
This thesis written by Khurun „Iyn was approved on August 1, 2012.
Advisor I
(RinaWahyu S, M.Ed)
Advisor II
(Santi Prastiyowati, S.Pd)
This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher
Training of Education of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
on August 1, 2012.
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
(Dr. M. Syaifuddin, M.M)
Examiners:
Signatures:
1. Fardini Sabilah, M.Pd
1.....................................
2. Drs. Hartono, M.Pd
2.....................................
3. RinaWahyu S, M.Ed
3.....................................
4. Santi Prastiyowati, S.Pd
4.....................................
MOTTO
Hanya ada dua cara menjalani hidup anda.
Yang pertama adalah menjalaninya seakanakan keajaiban itu tidak pernah ada.Yang
kedua adalah menjalaninya seakan-akan
segala sesuatu adalah keajaiban.
- Albert Einstein
DEDICATION:
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved Parents,
My brodhers and Sisters.
My teachers,
My Friends.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillah, all praise to ALLAH, the Merciful and Charitable. Because of
his guidance, blessing, and affection, the researcher can finish this study. Besides,
peace and blessing are devoted for Prophet Muhammad who has guided us from
darkness into lightness.
The writer would like to express her great appreciation to many persons who
had helped her in finishing this thesis. The writer thanks to:
1. Her first advisor Rina Wahyu S, M.Ed and his second advisor Santi
Prastiyowati, S.Pd for their guidance, suggestion, correction, and comment on
this thesis. Moreover, without their real understanding and strong motivation,
this thesis would have never found its completion.
2. Director of EF English First Malang Ahmad Toha, S.Pd who had given her
permission to do the research at EF English First Malang.
3. Her beloved parents Shobah Mukti and Muflikha who always pray, support,
and give the affection during writing thesis. And also her lovely brothers
“Pras and Ivan” and sisters “Ais and Shafa”.
4. Her great friends such as: Rikhi, Pritha, Maya, Dana, Very, Ari, Azizah,
Nurul (and all A1 class), Widi, Desi, Niya, Fenny, Nana, and others that could
not be mentioned one by one.
Malang,25 July 2012
The Writer,
Khurun „Iyn
A STUDY OF ONLINE LEARNING USED BY HIGH FLYERS STUDENTS
AT EF ENGLISH FIRST MALANG
ABSTRACT
Teaching English for Young Learners is not easy. The teacher needs creative
and fun media to make the students easy and interested in learning English. There are
many kinds of media can be used to make English learning process become easy and
interesting. The use of internet as teaching media can be considered as a new
phenomena in this globalization era. Dealing with those phenomena, the writer wants
to know the kind of online learning used by High Flyers students of EF English First
Malang and their responses toward online learning they did.
The design used in this study was descriptive qualitative research design
because it was designed to obtain information concerning the current status of
phenomena and directed toward determining the nature of a situation as it exists at the
time of the study. Meanwhile, the instruments used were questionnaire, observation,
and document analyses to gather the data on subject’s opinion, beliefs, and feeling in
the situation.
The finding showed that the online learning used by High Flyers students of
EF English First Malang was a face-to-face language learning with additional online
material. It needs the students for coming to the class then the materials were
delivered online. The teacher also used the module in teaching learning process. The
online media they used was Practice and Play that was such kind of game covering
with common expression, grammar, vocabulary, and listening. Based on the finding
also, the students had positive responses toward the online media used in learning
English. It was known from questionnaire given to the students that 177 (76, 62%)
students showed positive responses and 54 (23, 38%) students showed negative
responses. the students had fun and interest in playing the games in Practice and Play
until the last level. The students were also able to answer the questions delivered
online by playing the games easily. They were always interested in playing the games
until the next level.
Key Terms: Media, Online Learning, High Flyers Students.
Malang, July 25, 2012
Advisor,
The Writer,
Rina Wahyu S, M.Ed
Khurun ‘Iyn
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL …………………...………………………………………………
i
LEGALIZATION………………………………………………………………
ii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION………………………………………………...
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………………………………………
iv
ABSTRACT….………………………………………………………................
vi
TABLE OF CONTENT………………………………………………………..
vii
CHAPTER IINTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the study………………………………………................
1.2
Statement of the problems……………………………………………...... 3
1.3
Purposes of the study………………………………………………….....
4
1.4
Significance of the study………………………………………………....
4
1.5
Scope and limitation……………………………………………………… 4
1.6
Definition of the key terms……………………………………………….. 4
1
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1
Teaching English for young learners……………………………………… 6
2.2
The characteristic of young learners............................................................. 6
2.3
Teaching English as foreign language to young learner………………….. 9
2.4
Teaching Media…………………………………………………………… 9
2.5
Function of Media……………………………………............................... 10
2.6
Media types and classification……………………………………………. 11
2.6.1 Non projected media……………………………………………….. 11
2.6.2 Projected Media…………………………………………………….. 15
2.6.3 Audio and audio visual Media……………………………………… 16
2.6.4 Computer-based media……………………………………………... 17
2.6.5 Internet……………………………………………………………… 19
2.6.6 Multimedia Kit……………………………………………………… 20
2.7
Definition of online Learning……………………………………………... 21
2.8
Online learning course design…………………………………………….. 23
2.8.1 A 100 percent online learning course……………………………….. 23
2.8.2 A blended language learning course……………………………….... 24
2.8.3 A face-to-face language learning course with additional online
materials........................................................................................... 24
2.9
Students’ responses toward learning Media………………………………. 25
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1
Research design…………………………………………………………… 27
3.2
Population and sample…………………………………………………….. 27
3.3
Research Instrument..……………………………………………………... 28
3.3.1 Questionnaire………………………………………………………... 28
3.3.2 Observation………………………………………………………….. 31
3.3.3 Document and content analyses…………………………………….. 32
3.4
Data collection…………………………………………………………….. 32
3.5
Data analysis………………………………………………………………. 33
CHAPTER IV RESULT FINDINGS AND DISCUSIONS
4.1
Research findings………………………………………………………….. 34
4.2
Discussions……………………………………………….………………... 45
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1
Conclusions……………………………………………….……................... 48
5.2
Suggestions……………………………………………….……………….. 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ary, Donald. 2005. Introduction to Research in Education. USA: Wadsworth Group.
Cameron, Lynne. 2001. Teaching Language to Young Learner.Cambridge University
Press.
Cohan, Manion and Marrison. 2005. Research in Methods in Education.NewYork:
Routledge Farmer.
Dudeney and Hockly. 2007. How to Teach English with Technology. England:
Pearson Education Limited.
Gay, L.R and Airasiah. 2003. Educational Research. New Jersey: Pearson Education.
Jolliffe, Ritter and Stevens. 2001. Higher the Online Learning Handbook. Sterling:
Stylus Publishing Inc.
Miles and Huhesrman. 1994. Qualitative Data Analysis. USA: Library Congress
Cataloging-in-PublicationData.
Nardi, Petter M. 2003.Doing Survei Research. USA: Pearson Education.
Oetomo, Budi SutedjoDarma. 2002. E-Education. Yogyakarta.
Philips, Sarah. 1993. Young Learners. New York: Oxford University Press.
Prasetyawan, andhiYudha.A Study on the Media Used by the Teacher of 4th Grade at
EYL Practice Teaching 2010 at English Department.Unpublished
Thesis. Malang: UMM
Sabilah et al, 2009. English for Elementary School Teachers.Malang: UMM press.
Sabilah, Fardini. 2004. Teachig English To Young Learners: It’s Policy, Framework,
And Activity Based Teaching. UMM: Unpublished book.
Sadiman et al, 2008. Media Pendidikan.Jakarta: PT RajaGrafindoPersada.
Sadiman
and Rahardjo.2002.
GaungPersada.
TeknologiKomunikasidalamPembelajaran.Jakarta:
Scoot. W.A and L. H Ytreberg. 2000. Teaching English to Children. New York:
Longman Group.
Shart, Vicky. 2005. Computer Education for Teachers. North Ridge: California State
University.
Silverman, David. 2000. Doing Qualitative Research. New Delhi: Sace Publication
Smart and Cappel. 2006. Students’ Perceptions of Online Learning: A Comparative
Study. Journal of Information Technology. USA: Central Michigan
University.
Suswati. 2008.Teaching Media Used by The Teacher in Teaching English for Young
Learners at Tk Plus Al KautsarMalang.Unpublished Thesis. Malang: UMM
Uno, Hamzah B. 2007. Model Pembelajaran. Jakarta: PT BumiAksara.
Uno, Hamzah B and Lamantengo. 2010. Teknologi Komunikasi dan Informasi
Pembelajaran. Jakarta: PT Bumi Aksara.
Teaching Aid. Retrived, August 4, 2012 from http://www.teachingaids.co.in
UU NO 19 TH 2005. Retrived, March 22, 2012 from http://kpmu.unila.ac.id/wpcontent/uploads/2010/09/pp-no-19-2005.pdf
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter consists of six parts; those are background of the study,
statement of the problem, purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and
limitation, and the definition of the key terms.
1.1 Background of the Study
English is a universal language that is used by all people around the world.
These days, English becomes essential subject in schools. So, learning English is
undoubtedly important for individuals in this globalization era. Many people want to
learn English not for the sake of pleasure or prestige of knowing the language, but it
is because English is the key to get access to the scientific, technological, and
commercial world. It makes many parents realize that it is important to introduce
English to their children. Based on that fact, many parents bring their children into
English course or similar institution to get them familiar with English earlier.
In teaching children, a teacher needs creative and fun media to make them
easy and interested in learning English. Based on the National Education Standard of
RI, through the decree No.19/U/2005:
Learning process in education must be interactive, inspirative, fun,
challenging, motivating the learners to participate actively and also giving
space to them to show their creativity depend on interest and ability in their
physical and psychological development.
1
Many kinds of media can be used to make English learning process become
easy and interesting. The use of internet as teaching aid can be considered as a new
phenomenon in this globalization era.
The facility of internet application can support people to access everything for
military needs, academic needs, business, and education. It drives the changing of
inclination in education world from face to face education into online learning.
Online learning is something that can be created and accessed using either the internet
or an intranet (Alan, Jonathan & David: 2001). The higher technology in this time
makes easier to increase education quality. According to Purbo (in Bambang : 2008),
“among all of the facility in the internet, there are 5 applications that can be used for
learning needs. There are E-mail, Mailing List, News Group, File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), and World Wide Web (WWW)”. Most of this day’s learning programs are
delivered using the World Wide Web and Web Browser to access learning material.
Alan (2001: 4) says that the most often used in accessing learning material in online
learning is Web-Based Learning because it has a rich environment for building and
delivering online learning courseware.
The succeed of learning via online in English teaching learning process can be
shown by the responses of the students. Smart and Cappel (2006) have argued that, if
the responses show that the students enjoy, it means that the use online learning in
teaching learning process is suitable with students’ needs. It is successful when the
learners are able to answer the question. Smart and Cappel also have stated, “students
who are motivated to learn will choose tasks that enhance their learning, will work at
those tasks, and will persist in the face in difficulty in order to attain their goals.
2
However, the learners will not focus and will not get sufficient motivation or support
to study if the media is not suitable with the learners’ needs and characteristics,
unattractive and uninteresting. From the previous research conducted by Smart and
Cappel (2006), it was found that the students in elective course rated the online
learning units significantly higher in term of being “an effective way to learn” and
“fun” and they were significantly more in favor in using the online units again in the
course in the future.
Based on explanation, the writer was interested in analyzing the students
responses through online learning which is used by students in 1 st - 4th grade students
called High Flyers at EF English First Malang. The study is expected to enrich
knowledge of English teaching technique done by online learning. Besides, there are
no previous researchers who have conducted this research in English Department. So,
the result of this study can be used as a source of information for the next researcher
to continue or develop this research.
1.2
Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of study above, the writer formulated the problems
as follows:
1.2.1 What kind of online learning is used by High Flyers students at EF English First
Malang?
1.2.2 How are High Flyers students’ responses toward the use of online learning used
at EF English First Malang?
3
1.3 Purposes of the Study
The purposes of the study are stated below:
1.3.1 To know the online learning used by High Flyers students at EF English First
Malang.
1.3.2 To find the students’ responses toward the use of online learning used by High
Flyers students at EF English First Malang.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The result of this study is expected to be useful for English Department students
that knowing English teaching learning process by using online learning is important
to enrich their knowledge. It is also expected to be significantly useful for the further
researchers that the result of the study will give additional important information to
investigate other aspect of using online learning in teaching learning process.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
This study focused on the use of online learning used by students of EF
English First Malang as the scope. The limitation of this study is teaching media
using online learning used by High Flyers students (it is 1st – 4th grade students) of EF
English First Malang.
1.6
Definition of the Key Terms
There are some key terms that must be defined in order to avoid mistakes and
misunderstanding of the contents of the study, they are:
1. Media is a tool that can be manipulated, seen, listened, read, or spoken with
the instrument that is using well in teaching learning process and can
influence the affectivity of instructional program (Education Association). In
4
this research, the media used is online media for English teaching learning
processed (Hamzah: 2008)
2. Online learning can be defined as an instruction delivered electronically via
the internet, intranet, or multimedia platforms such as CD-ROM or DVD
(Hall: 2003).
3. High Flyers students is 1st – 4th grade students.
5
STUDENTS AT EF ENGLISH FIRST MALANG
THESIS
KHURUN ‘IYN
08360012
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2012
A STUDY OF ONLINE LEARNING USED BY HIGH FLYERS
STUDENTS AT EF ENGLISH FIRST MALANG
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of requirement to achieve The
Sarjana Degree in English Education
KHURUN ‘IYN
08360012
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2012
This thesis written by Khurun „Iyn was approved on August 1, 2012.
Advisor I
(RinaWahyu S, M.Ed)
Advisor II
(Santi Prastiyowati, S.Pd)
This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher
Training of Education of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
on August 1, 2012.
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
(Dr. M. Syaifuddin, M.M)
Examiners:
Signatures:
1. Fardini Sabilah, M.Pd
1.....................................
2. Drs. Hartono, M.Pd
2.....................................
3. RinaWahyu S, M.Ed
3.....................................
4. Santi Prastiyowati, S.Pd
4.....................................
MOTTO
Hanya ada dua cara menjalani hidup anda.
Yang pertama adalah menjalaninya seakanakan keajaiban itu tidak pernah ada.Yang
kedua adalah menjalaninya seakan-akan
segala sesuatu adalah keajaiban.
- Albert Einstein
DEDICATION:
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved Parents,
My brodhers and Sisters.
My teachers,
My Friends.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillah, all praise to ALLAH, the Merciful and Charitable. Because of
his guidance, blessing, and affection, the researcher can finish this study. Besides,
peace and blessing are devoted for Prophet Muhammad who has guided us from
darkness into lightness.
The writer would like to express her great appreciation to many persons who
had helped her in finishing this thesis. The writer thanks to:
1. Her first advisor Rina Wahyu S, M.Ed and his second advisor Santi
Prastiyowati, S.Pd for their guidance, suggestion, correction, and comment on
this thesis. Moreover, without their real understanding and strong motivation,
this thesis would have never found its completion.
2. Director of EF English First Malang Ahmad Toha, S.Pd who had given her
permission to do the research at EF English First Malang.
3. Her beloved parents Shobah Mukti and Muflikha who always pray, support,
and give the affection during writing thesis. And also her lovely brothers
“Pras and Ivan” and sisters “Ais and Shafa”.
4. Her great friends such as: Rikhi, Pritha, Maya, Dana, Very, Ari, Azizah,
Nurul (and all A1 class), Widi, Desi, Niya, Fenny, Nana, and others that could
not be mentioned one by one.
Malang,25 July 2012
The Writer,
Khurun „Iyn
A STUDY OF ONLINE LEARNING USED BY HIGH FLYERS STUDENTS
AT EF ENGLISH FIRST MALANG
ABSTRACT
Teaching English for Young Learners is not easy. The teacher needs creative
and fun media to make the students easy and interested in learning English. There are
many kinds of media can be used to make English learning process become easy and
interesting. The use of internet as teaching media can be considered as a new
phenomena in this globalization era. Dealing with those phenomena, the writer wants
to know the kind of online learning used by High Flyers students of EF English First
Malang and their responses toward online learning they did.
The design used in this study was descriptive qualitative research design
because it was designed to obtain information concerning the current status of
phenomena and directed toward determining the nature of a situation as it exists at the
time of the study. Meanwhile, the instruments used were questionnaire, observation,
and document analyses to gather the data on subject’s opinion, beliefs, and feeling in
the situation.
The finding showed that the online learning used by High Flyers students of
EF English First Malang was a face-to-face language learning with additional online
material. It needs the students for coming to the class then the materials were
delivered online. The teacher also used the module in teaching learning process. The
online media they used was Practice and Play that was such kind of game covering
with common expression, grammar, vocabulary, and listening. Based on the finding
also, the students had positive responses toward the online media used in learning
English. It was known from questionnaire given to the students that 177 (76, 62%)
students showed positive responses and 54 (23, 38%) students showed negative
responses. the students had fun and interest in playing the games in Practice and Play
until the last level. The students were also able to answer the questions delivered
online by playing the games easily. They were always interested in playing the games
until the next level.
Key Terms: Media, Online Learning, High Flyers Students.
Malang, July 25, 2012
Advisor,
The Writer,
Rina Wahyu S, M.Ed
Khurun ‘Iyn
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL …………………...………………………………………………
i
LEGALIZATION………………………………………………………………
ii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION………………………………………………...
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………………………………………
iv
ABSTRACT….………………………………………………………................
vi
TABLE OF CONTENT………………………………………………………..
vii
CHAPTER IINTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the study………………………………………................
1.2
Statement of the problems……………………………………………...... 3
1.3
Purposes of the study………………………………………………….....
4
1.4
Significance of the study………………………………………………....
4
1.5
Scope and limitation……………………………………………………… 4
1.6
Definition of the key terms……………………………………………….. 4
1
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1
Teaching English for young learners……………………………………… 6
2.2
The characteristic of young learners............................................................. 6
2.3
Teaching English as foreign language to young learner………………….. 9
2.4
Teaching Media…………………………………………………………… 9
2.5
Function of Media……………………………………............................... 10
2.6
Media types and classification……………………………………………. 11
2.6.1 Non projected media……………………………………………….. 11
2.6.2 Projected Media…………………………………………………….. 15
2.6.3 Audio and audio visual Media……………………………………… 16
2.6.4 Computer-based media……………………………………………... 17
2.6.5 Internet……………………………………………………………… 19
2.6.6 Multimedia Kit……………………………………………………… 20
2.7
Definition of online Learning……………………………………………... 21
2.8
Online learning course design…………………………………………….. 23
2.8.1 A 100 percent online learning course……………………………….. 23
2.8.2 A blended language learning course……………………………….... 24
2.8.3 A face-to-face language learning course with additional online
materials........................................................................................... 24
2.9
Students’ responses toward learning Media………………………………. 25
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1
Research design…………………………………………………………… 27
3.2
Population and sample…………………………………………………….. 27
3.3
Research Instrument..……………………………………………………... 28
3.3.1 Questionnaire………………………………………………………... 28
3.3.2 Observation………………………………………………………….. 31
3.3.3 Document and content analyses…………………………………….. 32
3.4
Data collection…………………………………………………………….. 32
3.5
Data analysis………………………………………………………………. 33
CHAPTER IV RESULT FINDINGS AND DISCUSIONS
4.1
Research findings………………………………………………………….. 34
4.2
Discussions……………………………………………….………………... 45
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1
Conclusions……………………………………………….……................... 48
5.2
Suggestions……………………………………………….……………….. 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ary, Donald. 2005. Introduction to Research in Education. USA: Wadsworth Group.
Cameron, Lynne. 2001. Teaching Language to Young Learner.Cambridge University
Press.
Cohan, Manion and Marrison. 2005. Research in Methods in Education.NewYork:
Routledge Farmer.
Dudeney and Hockly. 2007. How to Teach English with Technology. England:
Pearson Education Limited.
Gay, L.R and Airasiah. 2003. Educational Research. New Jersey: Pearson Education.
Jolliffe, Ritter and Stevens. 2001. Higher the Online Learning Handbook. Sterling:
Stylus Publishing Inc.
Miles and Huhesrman. 1994. Qualitative Data Analysis. USA: Library Congress
Cataloging-in-PublicationData.
Nardi, Petter M. 2003.Doing Survei Research. USA: Pearson Education.
Oetomo, Budi SutedjoDarma. 2002. E-Education. Yogyakarta.
Philips, Sarah. 1993. Young Learners. New York: Oxford University Press.
Prasetyawan, andhiYudha.A Study on the Media Used by the Teacher of 4th Grade at
EYL Practice Teaching 2010 at English Department.Unpublished
Thesis. Malang: UMM
Sabilah et al, 2009. English for Elementary School Teachers.Malang: UMM press.
Sabilah, Fardini. 2004. Teachig English To Young Learners: It’s Policy, Framework,
And Activity Based Teaching. UMM: Unpublished book.
Sadiman et al, 2008. Media Pendidikan.Jakarta: PT RajaGrafindoPersada.
Sadiman
and Rahardjo.2002.
GaungPersada.
TeknologiKomunikasidalamPembelajaran.Jakarta:
Scoot. W.A and L. H Ytreberg. 2000. Teaching English to Children. New York:
Longman Group.
Shart, Vicky. 2005. Computer Education for Teachers. North Ridge: California State
University.
Silverman, David. 2000. Doing Qualitative Research. New Delhi: Sace Publication
Smart and Cappel. 2006. Students’ Perceptions of Online Learning: A Comparative
Study. Journal of Information Technology. USA: Central Michigan
University.
Suswati. 2008.Teaching Media Used by The Teacher in Teaching English for Young
Learners at Tk Plus Al KautsarMalang.Unpublished Thesis. Malang: UMM
Uno, Hamzah B. 2007. Model Pembelajaran. Jakarta: PT BumiAksara.
Uno, Hamzah B and Lamantengo. 2010. Teknologi Komunikasi dan Informasi
Pembelajaran. Jakarta: PT Bumi Aksara.
Teaching Aid. Retrived, August 4, 2012 from http://www.teachingaids.co.in
UU NO 19 TH 2005. Retrived, March 22, 2012 from http://kpmu.unila.ac.id/wpcontent/uploads/2010/09/pp-no-19-2005.pdf
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter consists of six parts; those are background of the study,
statement of the problem, purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and
limitation, and the definition of the key terms.
1.1 Background of the Study
English is a universal language that is used by all people around the world.
These days, English becomes essential subject in schools. So, learning English is
undoubtedly important for individuals in this globalization era. Many people want to
learn English not for the sake of pleasure or prestige of knowing the language, but it
is because English is the key to get access to the scientific, technological, and
commercial world. It makes many parents realize that it is important to introduce
English to their children. Based on that fact, many parents bring their children into
English course or similar institution to get them familiar with English earlier.
In teaching children, a teacher needs creative and fun media to make them
easy and interested in learning English. Based on the National Education Standard of
RI, through the decree No.19/U/2005:
Learning process in education must be interactive, inspirative, fun,
challenging, motivating the learners to participate actively and also giving
space to them to show their creativity depend on interest and ability in their
physical and psychological development.
1
Many kinds of media can be used to make English learning process become
easy and interesting. The use of internet as teaching aid can be considered as a new
phenomenon in this globalization era.
The facility of internet application can support people to access everything for
military needs, academic needs, business, and education. It drives the changing of
inclination in education world from face to face education into online learning.
Online learning is something that can be created and accessed using either the internet
or an intranet (Alan, Jonathan & David: 2001). The higher technology in this time
makes easier to increase education quality. According to Purbo (in Bambang : 2008),
“among all of the facility in the internet, there are 5 applications that can be used for
learning needs. There are E-mail, Mailing List, News Group, File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), and World Wide Web (WWW)”. Most of this day’s learning programs are
delivered using the World Wide Web and Web Browser to access learning material.
Alan (2001: 4) says that the most often used in accessing learning material in online
learning is Web-Based Learning because it has a rich environment for building and
delivering online learning courseware.
The succeed of learning via online in English teaching learning process can be
shown by the responses of the students. Smart and Cappel (2006) have argued that, if
the responses show that the students enjoy, it means that the use online learning in
teaching learning process is suitable with students’ needs. It is successful when the
learners are able to answer the question. Smart and Cappel also have stated, “students
who are motivated to learn will choose tasks that enhance their learning, will work at
those tasks, and will persist in the face in difficulty in order to attain their goals.
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However, the learners will not focus and will not get sufficient motivation or support
to study if the media is not suitable with the learners’ needs and characteristics,
unattractive and uninteresting. From the previous research conducted by Smart and
Cappel (2006), it was found that the students in elective course rated the online
learning units significantly higher in term of being “an effective way to learn” and
“fun” and they were significantly more in favor in using the online units again in the
course in the future.
Based on explanation, the writer was interested in analyzing the students
responses through online learning which is used by students in 1 st - 4th grade students
called High Flyers at EF English First Malang. The study is expected to enrich
knowledge of English teaching technique done by online learning. Besides, there are
no previous researchers who have conducted this research in English Department. So,
the result of this study can be used as a source of information for the next researcher
to continue or develop this research.
1.2
Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of study above, the writer formulated the problems
as follows:
1.2.1 What kind of online learning is used by High Flyers students at EF English First
Malang?
1.2.2 How are High Flyers students’ responses toward the use of online learning used
at EF English First Malang?
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1.3 Purposes of the Study
The purposes of the study are stated below:
1.3.1 To know the online learning used by High Flyers students at EF English First
Malang.
1.3.2 To find the students’ responses toward the use of online learning used by High
Flyers students at EF English First Malang.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The result of this study is expected to be useful for English Department students
that knowing English teaching learning process by using online learning is important
to enrich their knowledge. It is also expected to be significantly useful for the further
researchers that the result of the study will give additional important information to
investigate other aspect of using online learning in teaching learning process.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
This study focused on the use of online learning used by students of EF
English First Malang as the scope. The limitation of this study is teaching media
using online learning used by High Flyers students (it is 1st – 4th grade students) of EF
English First Malang.
1.6
Definition of the Key Terms
There are some key terms that must be defined in order to avoid mistakes and
misunderstanding of the contents of the study, they are:
1. Media is a tool that can be manipulated, seen, listened, read, or spoken with
the instrument that is using well in teaching learning process and can
influence the affectivity of instructional program (Education Association). In
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this research, the media used is online media for English teaching learning
processed (Hamzah: 2008)
2. Online learning can be defined as an instruction delivered electronically via
the internet, intranet, or multimedia platforms such as CD-ROM or DVD
(Hall: 2003).
3. High Flyers students is 1st – 4th grade students.
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