Abstract
The coronavirus outbreak has impacted all aspects of human life, including the greatest impact is on education. Therefore, the education system that is being carried out conventionally must be converted into online learning to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This article aims to describe (1) the students' opinions regarding English subjects in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) the students' difficulties during online learning in English subjects, (3) the students' opinions about understanding the material in English subjects during online learning. This research used a descriptive qualitative design, by using interviews to get the data. The subjects of this study were 2 female and 1 male high achiever students from the first language class in Senior High School 2 situated in the area of a small town Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia. The research instruments used were mainly personal chats interviews with the subjects of the study. The data collection was conducted in December 2020. The results showed that (1) online learning is less effective, significant, and boring; (2) difficulties that they face are unstable network, difficulty in the delivery of material provided by the teacher, and teacher’s teaching methods; (3) most of them also had difficulty in understanding the materials provided by the teacher.
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IntroductionAccording to the World Health Organization or WHO (2020a) at the beginning of the year, precisely on 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and issued a group of Temporary Recommendations
2020 has become a tough year for anyone all over the world
The results of this study generally show that students do not like online learning to be carried out in English Subjects
Summary
According to the World Health Organization or WHO (2020a) at the beginning of the year, precisely on 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and issued a group of Temporary Recommendations. In accordance with the World Health Organization or WHO (2020b) on 11 March WHO announced the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Based on Wikipedia (2020), the coronavirus began to spread to Indonesia on the 2nd March, 2020, after a mother and her daughter as a dance instructor tested positive for the virus so that on April 9, the pandemic has spread to 34 provinces in the country. The government disabled transportation activities, offices, and closed all educational institutions in Indonesia. That this greatly impacts several aspects of Indonesia, especially the education system
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