Analyzing Internet Use of Students in Learning English Through Their Learning Approach at IAIN Bukittinggi

Abstract

The research was due to several problems found in the field; Most of students used internet in learning English and doing tasks. However, some of them were not able to explain their task results. They did not comprehend the material of the lesson eventhough they used internet. For some others, internet was worthwhile for them. Based on that, the researchers assumed that the students had varieties way in using internet. This research belongs to quantitative research by survey. The population was the all of English students which study actively in the classroom at IAIN Bukittinggi in academic year 2019/2020. There are three different grades of semester; semester 1, 3 and 5. To choose sample, the researcher used purposive sampling. The purpose of the researcher is to choose sample which use internetmostly. The finding reveals that 70.6% of the students use deep approach while using internet that consists of 25.4% in seeking meaning, 15.9% inrelating ideas, 19.8 % in using evidence and 9.5 % interested in ideas. There are 29.4 % of the students use surface approach, that consist of 3.9% in lacking of purpose, 7.9 % in unrelated memory, 12% in syllabus boundness, and 5.6% in fear failure. In conclusion, the students prefer using deep approach to surface approach.