University Students’ Perceptions of Google Tools in Learning English Courses Online

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i13.39857

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Google tools, online English learning, technological solution, university students’ perceptions

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The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic stimulated the utility of the technological tools for online language learning at the tertiary level in Vietnam. Many universities chose Google digital tools as a technological solution for online instruction. However, there is still a scarcity of studies on university students’ perceptions of using Google tools in the context of online English learning. This study aims to explore university students’ perceptions of the efficacy of using Google tools (namely, Google Classroom, Google Forms, Google Meet, and Google Sites) as a combined technological solution for online English learning in the last phase of the pandemic at a university in northern Vietnam. The research was carried out in the academic year 2021–2022, with 128 non-English majors taking General English courses online. A Likert-scale questionnaire created by Google Forms was distributed to gather feedback from the students, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven students to gain more in-depth data. The results overall demonstrated that the students favorably perceived the applied Google tools as effective tools to support online English learning. It was also found that females had higher perceptions than males regarding the ease of the tools. Furthermore, first-year students agreed more than second-year students on the effectiveness of the tools in increasing engagement in learning.

Author Biography

Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh, National Economics University

Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh is a senior lecturer at National Economics University (NEU) in Hanoi, Vietnam. She has more than fifteen years of experience working at the university with a solid educational background in English Language Teaching as well as Banking and Finance. Her primary responsibilities include teaching General English, Business English, English for Banking and Finance, and Project for English Language Classrooms, participating in research projects at the university and supervising students on their graduation theses. Her research interests cover CALL, MALL, ESP, EMI, English Language Teaching and Learning, and Teachers’ Professional Learning Community (email: honghanh@neu.edu.vn).

 

 

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2023-07-07

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Pham, D. T., & Nguyen, T. H. H. (2023). University Students’ Perceptions of Google Tools in Learning English Courses Online. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 18(13), pp. 45–61. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i13.39857

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Vol. 18 No. 13 (2023)

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