This paper is a temporary report of a project investigating the ICT gadgets in a survey study
involving students of Senior High Schools in Central Java, Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to
investigate how ICT is perceived and used by high school students as well as to disclose how the students
have made use of the technological gadgets for language learning-related activities. The study employs a
mixed method by which data were garnered from questionnaire surveys and focus group discussion. This
is reported in the very end of the project stages and the results of which suggest that the research subjects
perceive the ICT very positively and that, overall, respondents have frequently used them for various dayto-day
activities. Another finding also suggests that the majority of respondents admit that they use the
gadgets for various learning-related activities despite less so for learning English, bringing with it an
implication on the change of policy by schools or educational policy makers to consider integrating the
technology into a more purposeful learning uses
