Google Search Skills as the Effective Way for English Language Students

By: Agata Nina Puspita

In the era of globalization, the technology development has grown fast and it affects the way of teaching-learning activities. As an English teacher, it also affects my own perspectives since the development of the technology helps me a lot to get knowledge from other people and share my knowledge to other people, especially to my students. As a teacher, I also use the development of the technology to design the materials that will be taught to students. In my opinion, it also helps me to give such a fun material for the students, so it helps them to be motivated to join the learning activity in the classroom. In my English class, since the development of the technology has given many benefits for both teacher and students, I also introduce many application to my students that may help them in searching for the information that they want to know. One of the application is using Google Search which helps them to get new knowledge.

As an English teacher, in some meeting of my class, I will use Google Search in order to help them to get the information from other people easily. First, I will introduce them to Google Search. I will give some explanations about the search engines that will be used in my class. The explanation will include about how to use it and how it works in order to get the information for them easily. Next, I will give examples about how to use it in the classroom. After they have understood how to use it, I will give some assignment which is related with Google Search application, so in the future time, they are able to use it. The last, in the end of the meeting, the students will submit their works to the teacher. Therefore, for this meeting, my class will be conducted in the computer laboratory, so the students will able to access the internet easily.

In my opinion, through Google Search, students can get many benefits, such as improving students’ vocabulary. By applying Google Search in the classroom activity, it helps students to learn English in many ways and it can also improve their knowledge about how to use the development of the technology as well. Besides, by using Google Search, students are able to test and improve their English language skills, such as their reading, listening, writing and speaking skills. Therefore, as an English teacher, I hope that every teacher will also implement the development of the technology in their classroom activity in order to help students to be more motivated in learning, especially learning English language.