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THE INFLUENENCE OF STUDENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARD ICT TO THEIR ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT
Endy SA (esaitb@yahoo.com) & Peni Astuti (peniastuti@yahoo.co.id)
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMED LEARNING
(APPRITTL 2011)
INTRODUCTION
The
Background of the Study As more and more Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) resources become available both to support the English education and for Web-based
learning, it becomes increasingly interesting to map the ICT - based resources
available for students learning English and their attitudes towards the utilization
of the resources. Increasing availability of computers lead to new ways of delivering the English language learning using interactive multimedia
learning modules and possibly by integrating ICTs into other methods of English language
teaching and learning. The use of ICT has
been increasing in the school or university over the last years, but the
possibilities of new technology, particularly in Indonesia, are still not being
used in favor of pedagogical changes. Growing schools, however, have tried to implement new ways of
teaching and learning using, or facilitated by, information and communication technology (ICT),
and in many cases integration of ICT has
been used to support changes in teaching and learning methods. Access to
computers, at home and on campus or schools and even internet access are both
important. The issue of students' attitude toward ICT, students’
familiarity with computer, and students’ learning achievement in English
delivered via Computer known as Computer – Assisted Language Learning (CALL) are important. This is because even provided with a very
sophisticated learning media, students are not automatically gain promising
learning achievement; their attitude towards the media – computers and their familiarity
need to be taken into account as these factors may possibly be potential
variables that affect their learning achievement (Hartoyo). Supporting this idea, a preliminary
observation at the SMAN 3, which has implemented CALL indicated that there are several factors that influence
students in learning English delivered via CALL, such as the familiarity of
students with computers, students’ attitude toward computers/ICT, and previous
knowledge of students related to English are likely to influence their learning
achievement. According to the
observation, the first two variables – students’ familiarity toward computers
and their attitude toward computers seem to be more dominant. It is then assumed
that if students have relatively positive attitudes towards the media and
subject matter being learned and familiar with computers, they gain better
learning achievement. In addition, based on
previous studies conducted by language researchers such as Fitzelle &
Trochim, students should have positive
attitudes in order to be successful in their language learning. In term of
using CALL, familiarity toward computer, which is used as medium of delivering
the English language learning, is also needed to be put into consideration. Familiarity
is something that needs to be possessed by students because for some students
in particular situations and conditions using computers has not been a part of
their daily life. In other words, they are not quite familiar with computers as
they do not use computer very often. Hence, to investigate whether the two variables correlate to the
students’ English learning achievement an empirical research needs to be
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