Learners' Experiences in Integrating Digital Technology in their Foreign Language Learning

The high technological developments make foreign la guage 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 con tacts. From this case, the different exposures of ta rget languages might influences learners’ competencies in learning the language. Identifying learners’ experiences in i tegrating digital technology for their foreign language learn i g was the objective of this research. In other word s, this research was aimed to answer this research question: how do lea rn rs experience digital technology for their forei gn language learning? This research is in the form of qualitati ve which includes three learners as participants. Bas ed 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 m ore pronounced to the development of receptive skil l . Meanwhile, instead of learning languages in a classroom, learn e s in this 21 century have more access to gain information they want to improve language skills.