Students' Perception on Online English Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic at Junior High Schools

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic becomes a new challenge to most of the students in Indonesia. Numerous schools have been closed due to the government's policy to prevent the spreading of the virus. Online learning has been increasingly applied by an unlimited number of schools in Indonesia as a learning system during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Online learning in fact has been implemented widely since decades ago in many countries, including Indonesia, but the progress is quite slow. This study aims to see students' perceptions of online English learning during Covid-19 Pandemic in term of personal factors. Students faced internal or external difficulties during online English learning that could affect their performance in online learning. This study found lack of motivation, lack of computer skills, students' inflexibility, and students' surroundings or environment have become students' challenges which have been affecting their performance while doing online English learning.