Students’ Perception on Internet-Assisted Collaborative Learning in English Class at SMAN 12 Padang

Collaborative learning is a learning model that requires students to work in groups to achieve learning goals together. The internet had been shown to be a useful tool of collaborative learning because it is easy to access and provides many sources of information. This research aimed to know the students’ perception on internet-assisted collaborative learning in English class. This research was conducted at the 12 grade students in the science program of SMAN 12 Padang academic year 2022/2023. Purposive sampling was used by the researcher to choose the sample of this study, and XII IPA 3 was chosen as the sample of this research in total 39 students. In this research, descriptive quantitative method was used to assess the data. The questionnaire was used as the research instrument of this study. The result of this study showed that the students had very positive perception on internet-assisted collaborative learning model. It was represented by the total mean of the questionnaire (3.31 out of 4). The results of this research showed that internet-assisted collaborative learning model helped the students to create their positive interdependence, developed their responsibility and team work, increased their communication skill, and made them more confident and critical in learning English. in addition, the internet was very suitable to help facilitate collaborative learning models because it was easily accessible, provided many sources of information and was efficient in helping the learning process succeed.