The Influence of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in Learning Reading Comprehension

Abstract

This study was conducted aimed to know the influence of Information Communication and Technology in learning reading comprehension to the sixth semester of English department at IAIN Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia. The subjects of the research were students in the sixth semester. The researcher only took six students in different abilities from a high level, middle level, and low level. The instrument used by the researcher was an interview. The result showed that the students still had difficulty in understanding the texts because of having a lack of vocabulary, long texts, and limited time to analyze the text in answering the question. The students studied reading comprehension through Information Communication and technology, and they learned reading comprehension tests from TOEFL. It is one of the systems used to obtain information in developing knowledge and science. Furthermore, the finding of this study was: ICT is able to increase the students‟ ability in analyzing varieties of texts; they could enrich their vocabulary and their knowledge. The implication of ICT can motivate students to understand the text. They can search many texts about the test of reading comprehension that one of the skills in TOEFL tests.