Problems Encountered by Students in Teaching Reading Using Google Classroom Application

Abstract

This research is aimed to investigate the problems faced by students when they are taught using Google Classroom application. It is a descriptive study where the first semester students of English Education Department of IAIN Salatiga who took Literal Reading class became the subject of research. Literal reading class was taught using Google Classroom application. The writer used interview and documentation from WhatsApp message and Google Classroom chat to collect the data. Then, the data which were collected were analyzed to classify the students’ problem taught using Google Classroom application. After the data were analyzed and classified, the writer found that there were three main problems faced by students taught using Google Classroom application which were mentioned below; (1) Student’s motivation; (2) Student’s adversity quotient; (3) Technical problem.