Pengintegrasian Teknologi dalam Kelas Bahasa dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Motivasi Siswa: Studi Kasus di SMPN 1 SUNGGUMINASA

Integrating Technology in English Classroom and Its Effect on Students Motivation (A Case Study at SMPN 1 Sungguminasa) (Supervised by Nasmilah and Abidin Pammu). This study aims to investigate the ways students perceive about technology integration in relation to their motivation in learning English and to find out if technology integration affects students' motivation in learning English. This study used a mixed method design with the quantitative and qualitative analyses. The participants in this study involved 120 students from ninth-grade (IX) students of SMPN 1 Sungguminasa. In this study, the researcher adapted a self-developed questionnaire from Hashmi et al. (2018), and interviews as the instruments for data collection. The data were analyzed using Likert scale data. analysis for the questionnaire and qualitative data analysis for the interview. The results of this study indicated that technology integration does affect students' motivation in positive ways, the way students perceive about technology integration in relation to their varied motivation. The findings confirm that technology integration in the English classroom affected students' motivation by making learning more enjoyable through presentation of various materials. making study time management more efficient, and providing easy access to unlimited learning resources. In addition, the students gave a positive opinion regarding technology integration in class, which showed a mean value of 57.16. Most students, with a percentage of up to 85%, agree that the application of technology positively impacts their English learning motivation.