Authors:
Sitti Hadijah
and
Shalawati
Affiliation:
English Education Department, Universitas Islam Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
ICT, EFL Classrooms, Smartphone
Abstract:
Since the integration of ICT in education has been widely implemented in the classrooms, hence this study is focused on studying the ICT trends in English as Foreign Language Classrooms and EFL students’ perspectives to the ICT integration. This study worked on descriptive research design by applying both quantitative and qualitative methods. Thirty-three undergraduate students in English Department of Education Faculty were involved, they were voluntary invited to fill out online questionnaire for this research purposes. The findings reveal that smartphone is the most preferable devise used by the students, they conveyed that Smartphone’s simplicity and portability are two main reasons for using it to support their learning experiences. In addition, the students aware that the integration of technology in English language teaching brings good
values to improve their English skills. They also added that the teacher’s roles are interchangeable, no matter how advance the technology is
, the teacher’s existence in the class is still highly required. However, the students said that teachers need to be creative in deploying the technology devices because the core point of utilizing technology devices in learning is not simply about using the technology as media, but it should empower the students to have better learning experiences and skills.
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