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Frequency of Internet use Frequency of Internet use Everyday More than once a week Once a week Once a month Number of students 16 4 0 0

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Amount of time spent on the Internet Amount of time Less than 1 hour a day 2-4 hours a day 5-6 hours a day More than 6 hours a day Number of students 1 2 10 7

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Most frequently used location of Internet use Location At college or work At home At the library At hostel Others Number of students 0 5 2 13 0

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Most frequently used search engine Search engine Google Yahoo Bing Others Number of students 20 0 0 0

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Ways to connect Internet network Ways to connect Internet College wireless Private wireless Broadband Number of students 11 4 5

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Purposes for browsing Internet

*The table below according to this scale 1- Mostly use 2- Oftenly used 3- Moderately use 4- Least used Purposes Research Entertainment Information Communication 7. 1 5 7 5 3 2 3 0 13 4 Scale 3 5 6 2 7 4 7 7 0 6

Surfing the Internet for research Purposes Assignment Extra notes Others Number of students 13 3 4

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Surfing the Internet for entertainment Purposes Music Internet TV Gaming Shopping Number of students 15 1 2 2

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Surfing the Internet for information Purposes News Journal Encyclopedia Blog Number of students 4 5 3 8

10. Surfing the Internet for communication Purposes Social networking Chat rooms Instant messenger Number of students 19 1 0

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Graphs Graph 1: Purposes surfing the Internet For Research

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Number of students

4 3 3 2 1 0 Assignment Extra notes Others

Purposes

Graph 2: Purposes surfing the Internet For Entertainment

16 14 12 15

Number of students

10 Music 8 6 4 2 2 0 1 2 Internet TV Gaming Shopping

Purposes

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Graph 3: Purposes surfing the Internet For Information

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Number of students

6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 0 News Journal Encyclopedia Blog

Purposes

Graph 4: Purposes surfing the Internet For Communication

20 18 16 19

Number of students

14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 0 Social networking Chat rooms Instant messenger

Purposes

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Report

Internet and Its Uses A research was conducted among 20 students at the Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Ilmu Khas (IPGIK). The aim of this study was to find out the uses of the Internet among students. In addition, the survey was carried out by distributing a questionnaire with 10 items to the students. Based on the research, the data was collected and analysed by using four bar graphs. Firstly, graph 1 shows the purposes of students surf the Internet. They go online on the Internet to do research. There are three reasons why students use the Internet for research which are for assignment, extra notes and others. The highest number of students browses the Internet for assignment which is 5 students. Moreover, 5 students also do research for other purpose, while there is only 3 students use the Internet for extra notes which is slightly less prevalent than assignment and other purposes. Secondly, graph 2 indicates the reasons why students go online for entertainment. Music, Internet TV, gaming and shopping are the main purposes. Based on the graph, the highest number of students search the Internet mostly for music which is 15 students, but there is only 2 students used it for gaming and shopping. Besides that, Internet TV is the least popular entertainment chosen by only 1 student. Next, graph 3 represents the students objective surfing the Internet which is to get the information. According to the graph, the motives of the students going online on the Internet for information are due to reading the news, finding journal, searching meaning of words in encyclopedia, and also blogging. Blogging is the main reason and has the highest number of students online for this purpose which is 8 students compared to journal which is about 5 students. On the other hand, about 4 students browse the Internet to read news and there are only 3 students who use the Internet for searching meaning of words in encyclopedia.

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Then, graph 4 shows the students purposes browsing the Internet for communication. Social networking, chat rooms, and instant messenger are the common reasons of students online for communication. Social networking is the most popular method chosen by 19 students to communicate. Contrary to social networking, there is only 1 student used chat rooms for communication, whereas there is no single student who used instant messenger as a way of communication. In conclusion, most of students surf the Internet to do research for their assignments. Next, music becomes the most popular entertainment among students in IPGIK. Then, blogging also has the highest number of students browse to get information online. Last but not least, most of students in IPGIK like to communicate through social networking such as Facebook and Twitter.

(450 words)

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References

Christine Tan & Yong Fui Yin, (2009). 150 Model Essays for SPM English. Johor Bahru: Penerbitan Pelangi Sdn. Bhd. Little Oxford Thesaurus, (2006). United States: Oxford University Press Inc. New York.

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