GEN TEFL Journal Volume 4 (2019)
E-ISSN 2520 209X
Evaluating Google Classroom in Teaching and Learning Writing at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Tran Thi Mai Ho, Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
The Internet, a revolutionary invention of mankind, has evidently played an indispensable role in this 4.0 Technology era. Recent years have witnessed the adoption of the Internet-based technology in Language teaching and learning, which has brought both unprecedented benefits and challenges to teachers and learners. Released in August 2014, Google Classroom, a kind of virtual classroom, is relatively new to many Vietnamese teachers of English. Therefore, this research aimed to introduce this technology to fellow teachers and to evaluate its effects on teaching writing. A variety of previous studies into the same area were reviewed carefully before the research commenced. The research was designed using Post-test Only Experimental method. The writer taught TOEIC Writing to seniors at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) in total 48 hours in eight weeks. 63 seniors were randomly assigned into two classes, one with 30 students and the other with 33. Without any pretest, the control group was chosen randomly to study writing with the teacher in a traditional way. The experimental group, in addition to normal classes with teachers, participated in a virtual class on Google Classroom. After eight weeks, both groups did a mock test of TOEIC Writing and were marked on a 200-point scale of TOEIC. The data were analyzed using T-test, and a questionnaire was spread out for students to fill in. Also, some students took part in voluntary interviews about the effects of Google Classroom on their interest and outcomes in TOEIC Writing skills. Regarding the findings, the experimental group had higher average points in their writing test compared to the control group although the difference was not remarkably big. However, questionnaires and interviews showed that students’ eagerness in Writing improved noticeably with the support of Google Class. Therefore, these findings are hoped to contribute to modern teaching and learning.
Date of publication: 15 December 2019
E-ISSN 2520 209X
Evaluating Google Classroom in Teaching and Learning Writing at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Tran Thi Mai Ho, Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
The Internet, a revolutionary invention of mankind, has evidently played an indispensable role in this 4.0 Technology era. Recent years have witnessed the adoption of the Internet-based technology in Language teaching and learning, which has brought both unprecedented benefits and challenges to teachers and learners. Released in August 2014, Google Classroom, a kind of virtual classroom, is relatively new to many Vietnamese teachers of English. Therefore, this research aimed to introduce this technology to fellow teachers and to evaluate its effects on teaching writing. A variety of previous studies into the same area were reviewed carefully before the research commenced. The research was designed using Post-test Only Experimental method. The writer taught TOEIC Writing to seniors at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) in total 48 hours in eight weeks. 63 seniors were randomly assigned into two classes, one with 30 students and the other with 33. Without any pretest, the control group was chosen randomly to study writing with the teacher in a traditional way. The experimental group, in addition to normal classes with teachers, participated in a virtual class on Google Classroom. After eight weeks, both groups did a mock test of TOEIC Writing and were marked on a 200-point scale of TOEIC. The data were analyzed using T-test, and a questionnaire was spread out for students to fill in. Also, some students took part in voluntary interviews about the effects of Google Classroom on their interest and outcomes in TOEIC Writing skills. Regarding the findings, the experimental group had higher average points in their writing test compared to the control group although the difference was not remarkably big. However, questionnaires and interviews showed that students’ eagerness in Writing improved noticeably with the support of Google Class. Therefore, these findings are hoped to contribute to modern teaching and learning.
Date of publication: 15 December 2019
