THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION LEARNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Abstract

The rapid growth of sophisticated technology has provoked a new way of teaching ESP. These digital technologies in some way enable the teachers to design teaching material more interesting in learning ESP. By adopting digital technology into teaching classrooms, students can access learning material easily and efficiently. Learning ESP is designed based on the students’ needs related to the future professional workplace setting. Therefore, this research aims to find out the following issues: preferable digital tools used in learning ESP, and how they work in the classroom; how those tools influence the students’ motivation in learning ESP. This research employs a systematic review research method and uses a qualitative approach to analyze the data. The result of the study shows that students are more interactive, collaborative, and motivated in learning ESP when innovative technology is adopted in teaching-learning ESP.