STUDENTS RESNPONSE ON USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR TEACHING ENGLISH DURING ONLINE LEARNING AT SMAN 03 KOTA SOLOK

Abstract

This research was motivated by the positive and negative response of students to the Google
Classroom application when studying online by X-graders at High School N 03 Kota Solok. The
purpose of this study was to find out what students' responses to features in Google Classroom
are, how to use them, and why students respond positively and negatively to the app. This
research uses a combination method that is quantitative and qualitative with a descriptive
method. Respondents in the study as many as 68 students of class X.MIA'1 and X.IPS'2 school
year 2020/2021. This study used deliberate sampling / purposive sampling, which only focused
on teachers who teach online using the Google Classroom application. Researchers used
questionnaires and interviews in the study. Data collection by sharing questionnaires with 68
students using Google Form. And it took 15% of all respondents to be interviewed by phone. It is
useful to support the information that has been obtained on the questionnaire. The results of this
study showed that students' response to features in Google Classroom and their use showed
84.19% positive and 76.90% positive.