Technology-Based Google Classroom In English Business Writing Class

Abstract

In this 4.0 era, digital technology and information system technology have integrated with teaching media and tool. From previous studies,Google Classroom is one of technologies whichhas been implemented inScience, Social Science, and Engineering Departments of Higher Institution. Based on PEOU and PU, the resultsare satisfying. Unfortunately, there weren’t any studies that showwhether Google Classroom is also appropriate for Language Department. Therefore, a research was conducted in English Bussiness Writing Class of English Department Politeknik Negeri Padang. The research was carried out in 2A and 2Bwith 54 total number of students. The data was collected using fieldnote of observation, questionnaire, and interview. In this descriptive qualitative research, LMS feature was used as the indicator to analyze the collected data. The result is Google Classroom has caused efficiency and effectiveness in the process of teaching and learning of English Business Writing class. Thus, teacher’s creativity is needed, and the role of a teacher to decide the use of the technology in the class is really big. But overall, using this LMS in a writing class supports the paper-less program