Journal Review 13

Title                            : Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Familiarity with and Opinion on the

                                    Internet-Based Teaching of Writing

Institution                   : Bambang Yudi Cahyono¹ & Ira Mutiaraningrum²

¹ English Department, State University of Malang, East Java, Indonesia, ² English Department, Tanjungpura University of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Publisher                     : Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education

English Language Teaching; Vol. 9, No. 1; 2016

ISSN 1916-4742 E-ISSN 1916-4750

The utilizing of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) notably the Internet has been so popular in an educational world. Benefitting the internet in teaching writing will urge the students’ writing quality and quantity, foster active and independent learning, motivates students’ learning, supplies learning flexibility, and improves students’ confidence. Regardless with the advantages of internet, research study about the internet in the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing, especially in the Indonesian context has not been frequently investigated.

Therefore, the objective of this study was to find out whether or not Indonesian EFL teachers are familiar with the Internet-based techniques for the teaching of writing. Aside from their familiarity in internet, it deeply dug  up their opinions on the Internet-based techniques of teaching writing. 17 EFL teachers from various parts of the country were the participants who were asked about their experiences and opinions dealing with the Internet-based teaching of writing.  The result of the study revealed that almost half of the teachers acknowledged that they have wielded internet in teaching writing but the other teachers have already accessed the internet indirectly,  while the remains have never used the internet in teaching writing.

However, the fact reveals that in Indonesia, there are still many teachers who neglect the fact of huge advantages of the internet  in teaching English. Surprisingly, they have private account in social media including Facebook, e-mail, whatsapp and so forth. Anyhow, it should be no burdens for the teacher in teaching their students by employing  internet. I do believe if they have high effort and motivations, internet and education will increasingly go hand in hand in this digital era.

 

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