423 Daniela Kirovska-Simjanoska *1 South East European University North Macedonia TEACHING ESP IN THE DIGITAL WORLD – DEVELOPING A BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS Abstract It is essential to understand that today’s learner is constantly connected via a number different digital devices. Thus, technological devices should be used frequently by students and their teachers in order to provide an interaction between language learners and teachers or peer-to-peers. This study explores the challenges of developing English for Specifc Purposes (ESP) courses for students of Computer Sciences and Technologies at the South East European University in the Republic of Macedonia. Based on the curriculum requirements, the ESP course has to address students’ needs in today’s digital world. The fndings in this paper suggest that the use of different modes of delivery can create higher levels of student engagement and increase their motivation to learn English. This can happen only when digital instruction is embedded systematically in the syllabus. The paper describes the ways in which student learning can be more active and accessible in a blended learning environment. Switching back and forth between in- class and digital instruction can provide necessary hands-on experience for the students. By learning digitally, they can immerse themselves in authentic learning environments. This shift can also offer an alternative to large lecture classes enabling students to demonstrate skills and competencies that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. Key words: blended learning environment, ESP, digital instruction, in-class instruction 1. Introduction Nowadays teachers are witnessing how student learning extends outside traditional settings. The classroom itself is no longer the primary learning space. This reshaping of learning is inevitably followed by fundamental redesign of formal and informal learning spaces. The formality of the classroom is transformed by the development of digital content. Thus, the classroom turns into a collaborative learning space where the students bring in their outside learning experience and combine it with in-class learning. The technological tools used in class only enhance the transformation enabling students to work and learn as teams. Blended learning, as a new type of learning, combines in-class with out-of-class learning, allowing students to learn * Language Centre, South East European University, Ilindenska, 335, 1200 Tetovo, North Macedonia; e-mail: d.kiroska@seeu.edu.mk 378.147:811.111]:004.738.5 https://doi.org/10.18485/bells90.2020.1.ch25