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Considering the students as digital-natives, the integration of technology in English language learning is needed. It is in line with the 21 -century students required-skills that they have to master information communication and technology (ICT). Hence, Edmodo has been used by English teachers in secondary schools as an online learning platform to support and reach their learning objectives today. This current study aims to look over the secondary students’ perception on the use of Edmodo in English learning. To reach this purpose, a mixed-method approach was applied. Forty students from four different secondary/junior high schools were involved in this study. In collecting the data, a closed-questionnaire consisted of 13 items and a semi-structured interview were carried out. The finding reveals that Edmodo was positively and wellperceived by the secondary students as an acceptable online learning platform for their English learning. Even the problem of an internet connection arises, most of the students admit Edmodo assists them in saving their learning time, reducing learning boredom, and creating better English learning.

The study aims at knowing the use of technology in teaching learning process of pre-service teachers of English Study Program of Universitas PGRI Semarang. The subjects of the study are the eight semester students which are Pre-service teachers of the English Study Program of Universitas PGRI Semarang in the academic year 2018/2019. The instrument used in the study is questionnaire. The techniques used in the study are sharing the questionnaire to the eight semester students through WhatsApp to know what kinds of technology used by them are and interview to know how their perception of the use of technology in teaching learning process is. The qualitative data are analyzed by reducing the data, classifying the data and drawing conclusion. The result of the study shows that Pre-service teachers tend to use same kinds of technology in teaching learning process, and they have an opinion that technology is really important for the teachers and for students.