Promoting Learners’ Motivation to Write Through the Implementation of Information - Communication Technology
PROMOTING LEARNERS’ MOTIVATION TO WRITE THROUGH
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION - COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Fitria Rahmawati, S.Pd.
Sanata Dharma University
2010
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a proposed technique that the teachers can implement in order to promote learners’ motivation in writing. The technique is by the integration of writing skills with a developed tool known as Information - Communication Technology (ICT). The nature of ICT provides an ideal framework for language learning, since its main entity is information and its purpose is communication. ICT provides a feature called word-processing which enables the learners to write and revise their compositions effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, ICT along with the access to internet also allows the learners to be exposed to unlimited wide-variety of sources which are essential to develop ideas in writing. Thus, the integration of the three ICT components namely information, communication and technology in a foreign language writing classroom is beneficial to improve the learners’ motivation to write.
Keywords: Motivation, Information-Communication Technology, Word-Processing, Internet.
INTRODUCTION
There has been a strong notion that writing can be very challenging for learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) as they must overcome the personal challenges associated in writing such as generating ideas, understanding organization, grammatical and orthographical knowledge in order to develop the skills requisite for a well-developed, coherent and cohesive writing. Furthermore, the most common problem that confronts teachers of a writing class does not lie so much on what to ask learners to write about, the difficulty is rather on how to motivate the learners to write interesting and effective materials. By the introduction of information - communication technology (ICT) into the foreign language-writing classroom and access to the internet, the learners have been provided with
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION - COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Fitria Rahmawati, S.Pd.
Sanata Dharma University
2010
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a proposed technique that the teachers can implement in order to promote learners’ motivation in writing. The technique is by the integration of writing skills with a developed tool known as Information - Communication Technology (ICT). The nature of ICT provides an ideal framework for language learning, since its main entity is information and its purpose is communication. ICT provides a feature called word-processing which enables the learners to write and revise their compositions effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, ICT along with the access to internet also allows the learners to be exposed to unlimited wide-variety of sources which are essential to develop ideas in writing. Thus, the integration of the three ICT components namely information, communication and technology in a foreign language writing classroom is beneficial to improve the learners’ motivation to write.
Keywords: Motivation, Information-Communication Technology, Word-Processing, Internet.
INTRODUCTION
There has been a strong notion that writing can be very challenging for learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) as they must overcome the personal challenges associated in writing such as generating ideas, understanding organization, grammatical and orthographical knowledge in order to develop the skills requisite for a well-developed, coherent and cohesive writing. Furthermore, the most common problem that confronts teachers of a writing class does not lie so much on what to ask learners to write about, the difficulty is rather on how to motivate the learners to write interesting and effective materials. By the introduction of information - communication technology (ICT) into the foreign language-writing classroom and access to the internet, the learners have been provided with
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