ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES IN TEACHING ENGLISH DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC : ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE IN INDONESIA
Keywords:
Covid-19 Pandemic, English Teachers, Online Learning, Perspective, Public SchoolsAbstract
This study investigates the English teachers perspective on the advantages and challenges (difficulties) of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research uses the case study method through interviews involving 4 respondents (English teachers) from various Public Schools in Riau, Indonesia. The results show that online learning is very effective and efficient, especially in terms of time and place in teaching, and can save cost on going to school an can be accesed anywhere and anytime. However, they also experienced some difficulties in preparing suitable teaching materials and methods to make the learning process interesting and teachers experience difficulties in monitoring or supervising students remotely and it is feared that they will not understand the lessons that have been delivered. The implication of this study calls for the online learning needs to be further evaluated to make it more efficient and effective in the future. So that when doing online learning it can minimize the challenges (difficulties) faced.
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