THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ELT Introduction As we know, technology nowadays is present in almost all fields of our lives and the educational sector is no exception to this. Immersing even deeper with each new generation in the digitization process. Even when the digital transformation has already reached many levels throughout education there is still a long way to go in all of them. Teachers are improving their digital literacy and showing a more favorable attitude towards the use of new technologies in the classroom, which has an impact on the increase in student motivation, while they become more familiar with electronic devices and with everything that the digital world offers. In terms of tools, technology has generated a wide variety of platforms, equipment, systems, networks, and applications, which in some cases are already present in classrooms and it seems that they will be more and more so. Globally, and as in all sectors, digital transformation should not be confined