ICT Used by EFL Students in Learning English Skill in English Tadris Study Program at IAIN Curup

Purwasih, Ratih and Senjahari, Bayu and Apriani, Eka (2021) ICT Used by EFL Students in Learning English Skill in English Tadris Study Program at IAIN Curup. Sarjana thesis, IAIN Curup.

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This thesis was aimed to investigate types of Information and Communication Technology used by EFL students in learning English skills and benefit of using ICT by EFL students in English Tadris Study Program. The method of this research was mixed-method research. The subject of this research was all of English students in English Tadris Study Program. The researcher used questionnaire and interview to get data that need. The questionnaire used to obtain the highest and lowest scores on the type of ICT used by students in learning English skills. The researcher choosed thirteen students randomly in order to get clear information of the benefits of using ICT in learning English skills. To know benefit of using ICT, the researcher used theory about benefit ICT for EFL students which are divided into developing English skills, promoting creativity and enhancing critical thinking of students, increase learners motivation and making students become independent learning, provide communicative and interactive environment. Based on the percentage of the questionnaire, it shows that 59.5% of the types of ICT used by students in learning English skills come from computer network technology. Thus, the type of telecommunication technology is 50.2%, the type of online library is 33.8%, the type of social media is 28.2%, multimedia technology is 19.4% and the type of application is 19.3%. The dominant type of ICT is computer network technology. In addition, this study also investigates the benefits of ICT used by students in learning English skills. The findings of this study indicate that ICT can develop students' English learning skills, increase creativity and improve students' critical thinking, increase student motivation and make students learn independently, provide a communicative and interactive environment in the classroom, time discipline, provide a favorable environment for students with native speaker online.

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