The Students’ Perception on the Benefits of Internetgenerated Authentic Materials to Help Students of English Study Program of Islamic University of Indonesia to Learn English

Abstract

Related literature indicated that the internet has an important role and great potential as the most common authentic materials in foreign language learning. It shows that the authentic materials provided by the internet give effect on English learning process significantly. This study aimed to find out whether internetgenerated authentic materials help English students at English study program Diploma 3, Islamic University of Indonesia and the benefits of using internetgenerated authentic materials. A questionnaire and personal interview were administered to 10 students of English study program. The result showed that most of the learners agree that the internet generated-authentic materials support their English learning. Mostly the use of internet-generated authentic materials motivate and encourage them to improve their proficiency by reading articles, listening to the music, chatting with native speaker of English and so on. The result showed that most of the learners had positive attitude toward the internet generated-authentic materials in improving their proficiency. Keywords: English Learning, Internet, Authentic material, internet-generated authentic materials.