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.
