STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THE USE OF GOOGLE FORMS IN ENGLISH SUBJECT

Abstract

Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become the centre of the teaching and learning process in the 21^stcentury. The Covid-19 pandemic made teaching and learning shift to online and partially abandoned the conventional method. Google Forms is one of the applications commonly used by teachers to give students exercises and administer tests. Google Forms is a web-based data collection tool offered for free as part of the Google Suite application suite provided by Google Cloud. Hence, this study investigates the students’ perception of using Google Forms in an English subject. This study was conducted through a qualitative descriptive method, and purposive sampling was employed to collect the data. The participants in this research were 15 students in grade 10 from one of the senior high schools in Magelang. This study gathered the data through a questionnaire and an interview. The closed-ended questionnaire data were analyzed by the frequency of students' responses and were stated in percentages. Then, the interview was taped, transcribed, and analyzed. The study concludes that Google Forms helps students do their homework more effectively and efficiently. The students believe that Google Forms is more practical in helping them do exercises than paper as they need to erase and type if they want to change the answer. Although most students claim that Google Forms is effective and efficient as a method of doing exercises, they also feel that there need to be more features that can motivate students to participate in the class. As a result, students' motivation does not improve using Google Forms.