Students’ Attitude and Their Level of the ICT Use as Learning English Media

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the students' attitude towards the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as learning English Media, to describe the level of their ability to use ICT, and to portray their difficulties to apply Internet at universities. This study used quantitative and qualitative (mixed) method which consisted of two data collection techniques: questionnaire and interview. Respondents total 153 students who responded to the questionnaire and participants interviewed were four students from two private universities in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The findings show that students have positive attitude towards ICT use as media for learning English.The data analysis strengthens the results which indicate that Internet as part of ICT functions helps students to elicit useful information. Of the 99.4% participants respond to the questionnaire which stated strongly agree or agree, its mean score is M = 4.69, and its standard deviation is SD = 0.50. The level of students' ability to apply ICT is good.Moreover, interview data indicates that students face two difficulties to apply ICT such as Internet connection problems and ICT illiteracy. The former is regarding the Internet facility given by the university. The latter deals with the students' incompetence in applying ICT because they have no Internet use experience.

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“…The study found that students who have positive attitudes are motivated to participate in blended learning and obtain better grades in English. This concurs with the work of Sudiran (2016) who explored students' attitudes towards using ICT to learn in English universities. Sudiran (2016) found that students with positive attitudes towards using ICT as a medium to learn English at the higher education institutions led to them improving their English.…”

“…This is significant because Abdullah and Shah (2014) stated that attitude is a set of beliefs developed over a period of time which determines a person's behaviour and is a main element in determining their participation in language learning (Abdullah & Shah, 2014). Sudiran (2016) noted that students have a positive attitude towards using ICT as a medium in learning English in higher education institutions and this results in them advancing their English in their educational field of study. Ikhwan and Widodo (2019) concluded that students who have positive attitudes are motivated to participate in blended learning and obtain good scores in English.…”