THE INTERNET’S POTENTIAL IN MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO LEARN ENGLISH USING THE INTERNET RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTERNET-BASED LEARNING

Sukmaningrum, Rahmawati

ETERNAL: English Teaching Journal
Vol 2, No 1 (2011): Februari 2011

This action research was mainly aimed at increasing students’ motivation to use theinternet resources in their English learning. The result of the research is intended to provideinformation concerning the issue. In this research, I applied the model of Internet-basedlearning in four classes of Economic Faculty at Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. Thepopulation of this research consisted of 120 students in 4th semester that enroll the EnglishProgram in UMS Language Center. The sample was taken randomly using purposive randomsampling. Forty students were taken as the sample, especially those who had complete marksfor the whole cycle. The data of this research are in form of; (1) students’ self-completedquestionnaire, (2) observation and field note, and (3) students’ tasks. The data wereinterpreted descriptively. All the activities of this research were arranged purposively tomotivate/encourage students to be more active using the internet to enhance their Englishlearning. It was not the within the scope of this research to compare the use of technologywith the more traditional tool (i.e., textbook).Key words: students’ motivation, internet potential, internet-based learning