THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN IMPROVING STUDENTS' LEARNING: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES OF RECENT TRENDS AND ISSUES

The advancement of technology and technological tools has significantly transformed modern pedagogy and the way language teaching is constructed and delivered. Today, it is difficult to imagine language teaching without technological assistance. The emergence of technology and digital tools profoundly impacts the language acquisition process. The technology implementation can reinforce and facilitate language learning making it more engaging, learner-oriented and effective. However, technology use in ELT (English language teaching) is an umbrella term referring to from availability of any digital device to interactional involvement, creation, and reaction within the online platform pushing language learners to use the target language authentically and meaningfully. This article will discuss the influence and augmentation of the language learning of the latter dynamic. Considering the fact that in modern world, young people profoundly analyze and rationalize what and why they perform certain actions, they decide to accomplish them or not. This can be extrapolated to the learning realm where learners have become more conscious of what they are doing to learn the language and whether it responds to the demands required in current reality. The article also focuses on the importance of digital literacy of the language instructors which is viewed as an integral part of modern and effective pedagogy.