PRESERVING ENGLISH LEARNING FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ONLINE LEARNING: TEACHING STRATEGY
Abstract
the education sector has been severely affected during the covid-19 pandemic. Many schools are closed to prevent the vast spread of the virus. All learning activities are changed into e-learning and distance learning. On one learning from home concerns the teachers for they have to ensure the continuity of the learning activities. This was done so that they can maintain the students’ english language proficiency. Learning from home means that the students do not only receive a lot of assignments but the teachers also have to explain the materials. During the pandemic, between early july to early september 2020, elt students from universitas negeri malang were doing a teaching internship which has been adjusted to online internship. Many challenges surfaced during the implementation of e-learning and distance learning even for the well-experienced teachers who have already known the learners’ characteristics and classroom management. For the internship teachers who have not sufficient teaching experience, they struggled even more although they were more technology savvy than the in-service teachers. The internship students are expected to have more creative ways of designing the learning contents and activities. This study reviews how well experienced english teachers at the investigated schools and student teachers of department of english from universitas negeri malang conduct their english online meetings which aim to maintain the english exposure for the high school students and the students’ proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking english.
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