English Language Teaching in the Indonesian Context Toward Edutech 4.0

Abstract

Edutech or Educational Technology is when the process the study contains technology to facilitating. It means that educational technology is when the technology is the part of education. In the era of 4.0, technology is used for facilitating education systems. The main problem of this study was “What are the challenges that create the educational technological immersion for English language teaching?” and “How teachers can adapt to the Edutech 4.0?”. Therefore, the main objective of this study were to find out there was any significant challanges that create the educational technological immersion for English language teaching and also the way English teachers of SMPN 7 Pangkalpinang adapt to the Edutech 4.0. This study applied Qualitative Design. The Informants of this study were the Headmaster, English teachers and the students at SMPN 7 Pangkalpinang. The data were collected by using observation, interview, and questionnaire. Based on this study, the result showed that the teachers can easily adapted with the Google Suites for Education, all of the teachers are comfortable in using Google Suites for Education as the Edutech but they still find difficulty to inteact with the students. Keywords : Edutech, Google Suites for Education, Teaching English.