The Practice of English Teaching and Learning with Google Meet: From Non-English Major Students' View

Abstract

Language and technology have a worth value in life aspects, especially education. With recently special reference to the Covid-19 pandemic, the implementation of online teaching and learning at universities in Vietnam has been considered as an essential solution to maintain and ensure students’ learning progress. In the context of the epidemic prevention, the selection and implement of Google Meet for online English teaching could meet the pedagogical requirements and get certain results on the quality of teaching and learning. This study aims to explore the effectiveness of online English teaching with Google Meet in non-English major classes through students’ opinion. The study employed a survey on eighty non-English major students who attend English classes at a university in Mekong Delta to evaluate teaching and learning activities with Google Meet. The study has given to the use of Google Meet during Covid-19 pandemic and how this tool helps both teachers and learners in academic purposes. The study also analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of online English teaching and offers recommendations to better support effectiveness of innovation in teaching pedagogy.