Integrating information technology into Indonesian EFL curriculum

摘要

Technology-assisted language learning needs to be integrated in curriculum. There are several studies on the usage of technology can be used to improve students’ language skills. However, there is significant gap on how to integrate technology into EFL curriculum. This current study focused on how the heads of English Education Department manage the integration of technology into the curriculum, what the steps taken by them to make the integration of technology reliable to be applied into the classroom are, and how the students’ attitudes toward the technology integration are. Moreover, it was a descriptive qualitative study using interview to collect the data. The findings showed that (1) the heads of the departments got positive support from institutional policy to integrate technology in their curriculum; (2) there were various steps taken to promote this technology integration; and (3) several students’ attitudes can be performed when they joined classes applying technology. It can be concluded that students preferred a blended learning model.