Integrating ICT in English Language Learning: Students’ Perceptions of a State University in Jambi Province

Dwi Oktalia,Ngadiso Ngadiso,Slamet Supriyadi

doi:10.22437/ijolte.v2i1.4529

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Abstract

This research was done in order to know students‘ perception toward integrating ICT in English Language Learning and also to find out problem that may faced by students during the ICT integration. This research used quantitative method in order to describe students‘ perception toward the use of ICT in ELL. This research involved English students from a state university in Jambi province as the respondents. The data were collected by using questionnaires adapted from Chutopama (2004). The questionnaires consisted of items related to the use of ICT for their learning, their reason(s) of using ICT, as well as the problem(s) encountered through the use of ICT for the learning. After that, the data were analyzed by using SPSS 16 that pointed at a point in which the students agreed that ICT is beneficial for their learning process, especially in terms of accessing information for learning. Nevertheless, employing ICT in learning needs to be supported by sufficient equipment, and needs to educate the students to be an agile user for better, more effective, and more efficient process of learning.

Highlights

Good quality of a university can bring positive effects to the quality of its students
The data were analyzed by using SPSS 16 that pointed at a point in which the students agreed that Information Communication Technologies (ICT) is beneficial for their learning process, especially in terms of accessing information for learning
It can be concluded that the students agree that ICT is useful to be used in English language learning, because it benefits them in some ways

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INTRODUCTION

Good quality of a university can bring positive effects to the quality of its students. There are still some colleges which do not fully used ICT in learning process, they are lack of access to ICT facilities, including using interactive software to support four skills of English This condition provides boredom situation and make student becoming passive in learning process. Based on the explanation above, it is important to know the quality of the ICT itself, since it is used in learning process and such information can be gauged from students’ perception toward the use of ICT, the problems of ICT utilization can be investigated This phenomenon makes the researcher interested in conducting a research to find out what are the students’ perceptions related to the utilization of ICT in learning process in a state university in Jambi. The research entitled The Use of ICT in Language Learning: Students’ Perceptions of a State University in Jambi Province

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