The Students’ Perception On The Benefits Of Internetgenerated Authentic Materials To Help Students Of English Study Program Of Islamic University Of Indonesia To Learn English
Abstract
Related literature indicated that the internet has an important role and great
potential as the most common authentic materials in foreign language learning. It
shows that the authentic materials provided by the internet give effect on English
learning process significantly. This study aimed to find out whether internetgenerated
authentic materials help English students at English study program
Diploma 3, Islamic University of Indonesia and the benefits of using internetgenerated
authentic materials. A questionnaire and personal interview were
administered to 10 students of English study program. The result showed that most of
the learners agree that the internet generated-authentic materials support their English
learning. Mostly the use of internet-generated authentic materials motivate and
encourage them to improve their proficiency by reading articles, listening to the
music, chatting with native speaker of English and so on. The result showed that most
of the learners had positive attitude toward the internet generated-authentic materials
in improving their proficiency.
Keywords: English Learning, Internet, Authentic material, internet-generated
authentic materials.