2. CONCEPT OF HYPERTEXT
BUSH Memex ( Memory Extender)
A sort of mechanized private file and library
Massive scientific information was increasing
more & more rapidly fast It is more
difficult to follow the information ( information
overloaded)
3. WHAT IS HYPERTEXT ?
Hypertext means Non-Sequential Reading
and Writing Allows a user to link
information together.
Hypertext system Enable users to
explore or open any information available in
any document without starting from the first
document sequentially;however, users can
still do it sequentially if they want.
5. Thereis a possibility of connecting
hypertext with other medias such as
graphics, animation or sound.
Theonly content distinction between
hypertext and hypermedia is just text.
6. Ease of tracing references
Ease of creating new references
Information structuring
Global view
Customized documents
Modularity of information
Consistency of information
Task stacking
Collaboration
7. The orientation problems are :
1. Where is the user in the network?
2. What information is available?
3. How can the user get to it?
Smith (1988:39) and Conklin
8. Enables users to navigate and brows information.
1. Business
a. Product catalogues and Advertisements.
b. Newsletters and new magazines.
2. Information Resources
a. College catalogues and departement guides.
b. Scientific journals, abstract, and indexes.
3. Personal Learning
a. On-Line help and technical documentation.
b. Hypernovels and hyperpoems.
9. A hypertext system gives individual attention
to a learner or user, at the console and
replies to the system.
The hypertext can be utilized for educational
purposes, such as for creating a personal
learning tutorial which is commonly known as
the Computer Assisted Learning (CAL).
10. Hypertext in Language Learning
The capability of hypertext Interactive capability
and flexibility as a computer medium
It can be implemented in learning all language
skills: Listening (e.g. Listening to
News), Speaking (e.g. The Language of
Discussion), Reading (e.g. Reading A Circle
Graph), Writing (e.g Developing A Good Thesis
Statement)
11. References
Hartoyo, 2008, Individual Differences.
English For Academic Purposes, University of
Indonesia
www.freetechexams.com/computer-tips/what-is-
hypertext.html
www.technorhetoric.net/2.2features/paralogic/unp
redictable.html
www.w3.org/WhatIs.html
www.mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/hypertext.htm
