Poster presentation in Indonesia Technology Enhanced Language Learning (iTELL) Conference 2016 on 3 – 4 November 2016 in Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, Indonesia.

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In the 21st century, learning does not only depend on the face-
to-face classroom but also the enhancement of the technology of
supporting the learning process. According to Martin & Parker
(2014), the virtual classrooms are synchronized and adopted in many
online courses to enable the interactions among teachers and
students in the real time. The use of virtual classrooms is also aimed
to provide the extra time for learning, because mostly the teachers
especially the language teachers have a very limited teaching time in
the class (Homidon et all, 2013).
Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk currently uses the Google
Classroom as the virtual classroom for the secondary students as a
learning platform used in every subject offered included the
languages subject e.g. English, Indonesian and Chinese. Google
Classroom as a part of G-Suite for Education was fully utilized in
Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk since August 2015.
After a year of implementation, the use of Google Classroom
will be evaluated through the finding of this study. This study has a
purpose to report the general view of using Google Classroom use
the RASE (Resources, Activity, Support and Evaluation) pedagogical
model to elaborate what are the benefits and barriers of using
Google Classroom from students’ perspective.
Google Classroom
Google (2016) as the provider of all Google applications devines
Google Classroom as “a free web-based platform that integrates
your G Suite for Education account with all your G Suite services,
including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Calendar. Google
Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes,
distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized.
Iftakar (2016) mentioned several ways of using Google
Classroom to be beneficial to the teachers and students:
• Google Classroom has the potential to provide direct
communication and workflow for students by providing a single
access point to discussion threads and assigned work.
• Google Classroom can help students to keep their files more
organized because all their work can be stored paperlessly in a
single program.
• Teachers can more quickly identify which students may be
struggling with their assignments due to the tracking mechanisms
associated with assigned tasks.
• Grading processes can be simplified because of the grading
features associated with student submissions.
RASE Pedagogical Model
(Churchill, 2013) mentioned RASE model as the pedagogical
model “based on what is considered important for ensuring quality
in teaching and learning and can be used in almost every program
and course.” RASE model is an approach which focuses on the
resources that needs to be evaluated in the learning process
especially in the learning outcomes.
Furthermore, as a completion of a circular process in RASE
pedagogical model, several things to be considered are mentioned
by (Balasubramanian et all, 2014):
• Activities: for students to engaged in using resources.
• Support: to ensure that students are provided help and tools to
independently solve emerging difficulties and lastly
• Evaluation: to inform about student’s progress and serve us a
learning tools to understand what else we need to do in other to
ensure that learning outcomes are being achieved.
Methods Conclusions
The Benefits and Barriers of Using Google Classroom in Language
Learning: A Study at Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk
DWI FIRLI ASHARI
Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk
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The study used a descriptive study, which employed a
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categories. Furthermore, a descriptive study does not need any
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particular or distinctive field (Heigham and Crocker, 2009).
This study focuses on the analysis of the benefits and barriers
of using Google Classroom in the language classes. In the end,
those two criteria were analyzed based on related theory
(Lichtman, 2010). In this study, the theory that is used to analyze
the categories is the theory adapted from Churchill, King & Fox
(2013) named RASE (Resources, Activity, Support and Evaluation)
Pedagogical Model.
The subject of the study is a group of students in grade X
Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk. The main reason why the
researcher choses the population is because they have utilized the
use of Google Classroom in language classes. The study adapts the
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about the benefits and barriers of using Google Classroom in
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sampling is chosen by Creswell (2008) to define when individuals
are selected to participate in the study are the people, which have
an appropriacy with the study, the participants were chosen to get
the deep and relevant data for the validity of the study.
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Benefits of Using Google Classroom in Language Learning
The Figure 1 stated about the student preference on use of
Google Classroom especially for its benefits in language learning. The
data from the questionnaire shown in Figure 1 indicates that the 44%
students agreed that Google Classroom has several benefits for them
in language learning. The benefits discussed in the questionnaire
given are related to three main points, such as: measurement and
academic achievement, mobile communication and interaction, and
information access. They mostly agreed that Google Classroom is an
effective, efficient, timesaving, accessible and comfortable to use for
them to learn outside the regular lessons in the classroom.
Barriers of Using Google Classroom in Language Learning
The Figure 2 stated about the student preference on use of
Google Classroom especially for its barriers in language learning. The
data from the questionnaire shown in Figure 2 indicates that the 42%
students had the neutral position that Google Classroom has several
barriers for them in language learning. The neutral position indicates
that almost half of the students’ population determines that Google
Classroom has been well utilized in the learning process. Some of the
students stated that mostly the barrier of using Google Classroom is
about the use of Internet connection to access it. Furthermore, the
Internet connection is the most essential part in accessing Google
Classroom because the system is integrated on-line and that part is
still difficult to change.
According to the research finding, it can be concluded that
grade X students at Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk have
positive thought towards the use of Google Classroom language
classroom as the learning platform because it has many benefits in
support learning process such as increase effectiveness
communication of learning, the accessible learning material and
they appreciate Google Classroom since its allows them to learn at
the right time and place. In the other hand, every learning platform
has some barriers, and Google Classroom as one of the learning
platforms have some barriers as well. A main barrier found is about
the need of internet connection to access all the material. It can be
improved by providing an alternative offline version of Google
Classroom in the future, so they still can access them while offline.
Finally, the study recommends to encourage the use of Google
Classroom to the parents. The school can provide a virtual class for
the parents to access all discipline-related materials, communicate
with faculty members and create a discussion forum, so they can
actively participated in the school environment. Overall, the use of
Google Classroom should be fully utilized for all school members to
achieve the 21st century of learning process.
Introduction Results