Technology integration in teaching English as a foreign language: A content analysis study

The main purpose of this research is to identify research trends that have been conducted over the last five years (2016-2020) on the role of technology integration in teaching English as a foreign language. For this purpose, the descriptive content analysis is used in the research. In accordance with the keywords, systematic review was carried out and 366 studies were included in the scope of the research. The study has revealed that there is an increasing trend in the number of studies from 2016 onwards and what’s more, flipped learning and mobile-assisted language learning subjects are among the mostly studied subjects. In the studies, experimental designs were chosen more, as a data collection tool, questionnaire/scale was preferred; and descriptive statistics were preferred more as a data analysis technique. In most of the studies, the sample group consists of university students and the sample size is in the range of 0-50. In addition, when the results in the studies within the scope of the research are analyzed, the most obtained result is that the participants' views on technology integration are positive. Based on the trends of the studies examined within the scope of the research, this study offers recommendations for the future studies in the field.