The Use of Google Classroom for Teaching Elementary School Students
Tommy Hastomo*, Febriyantina Istiara, Eva Nurchurifiani

English Education Study Program, STKIP PGRI Bandar Lampung, Lampung, Indonesia

Abstract

In the development of the internet era, classroom learning changes from traditional teaching to online learning. The purpose of this research is to report action research which was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of google classroom on students’ learning performance in one of the elementary schools in Bandar Lampung. The participants were 30 students who studying English. The researchers conducted some exercises, discussions, quizzes, and activities on Google Classroom based on three lessons plans that were applied to teach the students in the writing course. Analysis of students’ second writing shows a significant improvement in students’ writing. The students have positive perceptions towards using Google Classroom in language learning based on a post-treatment questionnaire result.

Keywords: google classroom; writing; action research

Topic: Computer-based learning