Teachers’ Perception toward the Challenges in Online English Teaching during Covid-19 Pandemic
Abstract
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and government policy to carry out online learning
or study from home in Balikpapan, Indonesia, this study aims to describe the
teachers’ perception of the challenges in the implementation of online learning in
teaching English subjects in the learning process and the recommendation to
overcome the problems. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. Three
English teachers volunteered to participate in this research through invitation at
SMK Nusantara Balikpapan. The research data collected through in-depth
interviews, which were analyzed descriptively by using interactive techniques. The
Thematic analysis is done by collecting data, reducing data, presenting data, and
drawing conclusions. The results of the data analysis show that three English
teachers were not too familiar with online learning at first, so they still have many
obstacles in the teaching process by using online applications or platforms. There
are several obstacles, such as using applications or platforms as media, teachers'
knowledge, time schedule, teacher and students’ motivation, and plagiarism. To run
online learning, these obstacles should be overcome.