Abstract

The high technological developments make foreign language contacts easier than ever. Learners not only get those language contacts in the classroom, but also outside of the class. With the exposures from kinds of digital technology, learners get more varied and unique contacts. From this case, the different exposures of target languages might influences learners’ competencies in learning the language. Identifying learners’ experiences in integrating digital technology for their foreign language learning was the objective of this research. In other words, this research was aimed to answer this research question: how do learners experience digital technology for their foreign language learning? This research is in the form of qualitative which includes three learners as participants. Based on learners’ experiences, digital technology gives more benefits for autodidact learning than in a formal education. The result of this study also showed that the impact of technology is more pronounced to the development of receptive skills. Meanwhile, instead of learning languages in a classroom, learners in this 21st century have more access to gain information they want to improve language skills.

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