INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION (A CASE STUDY AT SMPN 1 SUNGGUMINASA)
This research aims to find if technology integration affects students’ motivation in learning English. This research used a mixed method design with the quantitative and qualitative analyses. The participants in this research involved 120 students from ninth-grade (IX) students of SMPN 1 Sungguminasa. In this research, the researcher adapted a self-developed questionnaire from Hashmi et al. (2018), and interview as the instruments for data collection. The data were analyzed using Likert scale data analysis for the questionnaire and qualitative data analysis for the interview. The result of this research indicated that technology integration does affect students’ motivation in positive ways. The ways students perceive about technology integration in relation to their motivation varied. The findings confirm that technology integration in the English classroom affected students’ motivation by making learning more enjoyable through presentation of various materials, making study time management more efficient, and providing easy access to unlimited learning resources. In addition, the students gave a positive opinion regarding technology integration in class, which show a mean value of 57.16. Most students, with a percentage of up to 85%, agree that the application of technology positively impacts their English learning motivation.
Integration of Technology, Students’ Learning Motivation, English Classroom.