DIGITAL DEVICES – FRIEND OR FOE FOR STUDENTS OF BUSINESS ENGLISH?
DIGITAL DEVICES – FRIEND OR FOE FOR STUDENTS OF BUSINESS ENGLISH?

Summary/Abstract: 21st – century students are mostly individuals who use technology on a daily basis. Smartphones and iPhones are a must have that, fairly or not, safeguard a certain social status especially among university students. Whether these are merely an instrument for digital socialising or not is a matter still under discussion. Studies have shown that e-learning is a method of study that should not be overlooked. Meanwhile, the study of English (or of foreign languages in general) in many universities is mainly based on ‘traditional’ material (textbooks, CDs, DVDs and so on). Given that technological equipment can be scarce or outdated due to lack of funding in government high education institutions, this method is preferred by both students and instructors. This study aims not at demonstrating that ‘the traditional’ must be replaced by the ‘the modern’; instead, it explores accessible options to improve and diversify the learning process while investigating students’ availability and willingness for introducing such devices – otherwise widely used for more social activities – in their study of Business English. At this stage, the study does not apply to all students of Economics who are also enrolled in Business English courses but is restricted to specific sub-domains and year(s) of study.

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