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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF INTERNET SOURCES

TO SUPPORT WRITING THESIS AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG IN ACADEMIC YEAR

2010/2011

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

LAILATUL MAGHFIROH

201010100311314

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

MAY 2015

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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF INTERNET SOURCES

TO SUPPORT WRITING THESIS AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG IN ACADEMIC YEAR

2010/2011

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

LAILATUL MAGHFIROH

201010100311314

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

MAY 2015

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This thesis written by Lailatul Maghfiroh was approved on April 2015

By:

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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and Accepted as one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

On May 2015

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

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LETTER OF AUTHENCITY

The undersigned below:

Name : Lailatul Maghfiroh

NIM : 2010101001311314

Department : English Department

Faculty : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

I hereby declare that in this thesis there has not been yet any thesis or paper that

have been proposed to receive a bachelor degree, and there is no ideas or notices

written or published by another person, unless what has been written in this thesis

and mentioned in the bibliography.

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DEDICATION

This published thesis is dedicated to everyone in the lists:

1. Alloh SWT, the almighty God who blessed me with talents and chances to

finish this thesis.

2. My dearest parent, H. Tuhfa and Hj. Nafi’ah, as the greatest supporters of

mine who provided me everything I need. I am always grateful for their

existence.

3. To my one and only sister, Kuni Saidah, thank you for being my lovely

sibling and for your support.

4. My beloved big family, thank you for every motivation and advices.

5. Then, my roommate MbaPhy who always helped me and accompany me. I

thanked God for having you as my friend.

6. My classmate and my best-for-everything friend, Tori, who had a big part

to calm me down and your convincing words helped me through the hard

phases of doing this thesis.

7. I would like to thank every lectures or teachers in the world especially

English Department of UMM lectures.

8. The last but not the least, a big shout out to my friends of F(antastic)

class. Every moments with guys are gonna always be missed. Thank you

very much for having my college life as a fun life.

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MOTTO:

“ Maka sesungguhnya Allah beserta kesukaran ada kemudahan,

sesungguhnya kesukaran ada kemudahan. Maka apabila engkau telah

selesai (dari suatu urusan) maka kerjakanlah (urusan yang lain) dengan

sungguh-sungguh, dan hanya kepada Tuhanmu hendaklah kau

berharap”.

(Al-Insyirah: 5-8)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In the name of Allah, the lord of mercy, the giver of mercy

All praises due to Allah the lord of universe, who does always give his

creation his mercy. I testify there is no God other Allah and Muhammad is his

messenger. Prayer and peace be upon him, the master of all messenger, the

prophet Muhammad, and upon all his family and companions, who leads human

being to the right path, Islam, the path of the prophet and messengers.

Many people help and give the researcher valuable contribution to

accomplish this graduating paper. Therefore, in this very glad occasion, she is

very thankful to her first advisor Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si and her second advisor

Wahyu Taufiq M.Ed. who guide her patiently by giving time, suggestions, and

correction till this thesis is done.

Deepest appreciation for her beloved parents, thanks for her father who

gives trust that she can finish this thesis and her mother who being great woman

in her life.

Malang, April 21st 2015

Lailatul Maghfiroh

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL SHEET .................................................................................................. i

LEGALIZATION ...................................................................................................... ii

LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY ............................................................................... iii

DEDICATION .......................................................................................................... iv

MOTTO ..................................................................................................................... v

ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................... vii

TABLE OF CONTENT .......................................................................................... viii

LIST OF APPENDIX ............................................................................................... ix

CHAPTER I Introduction ....................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of the Study .................................................................................. 1

1.2 Problem of the Study ........................................................................................ 4

1.3 Purpose of the Study ......................................................................................... 4

1.4 The Significance of the Study........................................................................... 4

1.5 Scope and Limitation ........................................................................................ 5

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER II Review of Related Literature ......................................................... 7

2.1 The Perception ..................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Internet ................................................................................................................. 9

2.2.1 The Use of Internet for Academic Research ................................................ 9

1. Internet as the information sources .......................................................... 10

2. Internet as a tool for communication ....................................................... 13

2.2.2 Advantages of Internet for Academic Research ......................................... 15

1. Low cost access ........................................................................................ 16

2. Access widely of information .................................................................. 16

3. Flexibility ................................................................................................. 17

4. Intaractive communication ....................................................................... 17

2.3 Academic Thesis Writing ....................................................................... 18

CHAPTER III Research Methodology ................................................................ 19

3.1 Research Design ................................................................................................. 19

3.2 Population and Sample ....................................................................................... 19

3.3 Research Instrument ........................................................................................... 20

3.3.1 Rating Scale ................................................................................................ 20

3.4 Data Collection................................................................................................... 22

3.5 Data Analysis ..................................................................................................... 22

CHAPTER IV Finding and Discussions .............................................................. 24

4.1 Research Findings .............................................................................................. 24

4.1.1 The Result of Analyzing the Students’ Perception

of the Use of Internet as Reference to Support Writing Thesis ................. 24

4.1.2 The Result of Analyzing the Students’ Perception

of the Use of Internet as Communication Tool to Support Writing Thesis33

4.1.3 The Result of Analyzing the Students’ Perception

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of the Advantages of Internet to Support Writing Thesis .......................... 35

4.2 Discussion .......................................................................................................... 38

CHAPTER V Conclusion and Suggestion ........................................................... 41

5.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 41

5.2 Suggestions ........................................................................................................ 42

5.2.1 Suggestion for Lectures .............................................................................. 42

5.2.2 Suggestion for Further Researchers ........................................................... 42

5.2.3 Suggestion for the Students of English Department .................................. 42

BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 44

APPENDIX

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LIST OF APPENDIX

Appendix 1

Table of students’ score

Appendix 2

Data analysis of the rating scale

Appendix 3

Questionnaire

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