Nursing Students' Perception of the Use of Google Classroom in TOEFL Preparation

Abstract

In the globalization era, the world has entered a competition to master, build, and introduce new technologies. The article was to classify the responses of students in using of Google Classroom. The population of this research was all the eight-semester students of Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Siti Khadijah Palembang Nursing Study Program, which consists of 62 students in the academic year 2019/2020. Total sampling was used to collect the sample for this analysis. As a result, There were a total of 62 students in the study. The method of this study was quantitative research. There were 23 items on the questionnaire as the method for gathering the results. The result indicated that using Google Classroom to be useful and were pleased with it as a TOEFL preparation online learning platform. Google Classroom was useful, helpful and they feel pleased with Google Classroom in TOEFL preparation. It was recommended that English lecturers pay more attention to helping students quickly access the Google Classroom method, use Google Classroom for social networking, be more passionate about teaching and explaining using Google Classroom, and provide students’ feedback. Keywords: Students’ Perception, Google Classroom, TOEFL Preparation