JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES IN CONDUCTING ONLINE ENGLISH LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Gandhes Cukat Permaty (2022) JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES IN CONDUCTING ONLINE ENGLISH LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Masters thesis, Universitas Widya Dharma.

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Abstract

Gandhes Cukat Permaty, NIM: 1981100018. Junior High School Teachers’ Strategies In Conducting Online English Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic. 2022. In the world of education, learning English as a foreign language is very important. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, schools are to organize online learning and teachers as the spearhead of the implementation of online learning, must be able to conditionate all instructional components and conduct a good classroom management by appropriate strategies. This research aims to explore the junior high school teachers’ strategies, the reasons of applying those strategies, and challenges faced in conducting online learning system using those strategies during Covid-19 pandemic. There are some theories underlying this study. As stated by Hammer (2007), strategy is a teacher's action that aims to achieve one or more of teaching and learning goals, while online learning refers to delivering learning material to anyone, anywhere, and anytime using various technologies in an open learning environment (Khan, 2005). Moreover, there are several previous studies obtaining the teaching strategies applied in both face-to-face and online learning process used by the researcher to be the references in conducting the research. The method employed in this research was qualitative method. The source of data are three English teachers at three different schools in Klaten: SMP Negeri 1 Klaten, SMP Negeri 6 Klaten, and SMP Pangudi Luhur 1 Klaten. The techniques of data collection were journal, observation, and interview. The data were analyzed through a process of data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. The data validation used triangulation of method. The result of this research showed that the teachers use several strategies: (1) employing several online applications and platforms emerging from learning management system to additional resource, and (2) having online interaction with the students using only online chat and combining online chat and video conferencing. They applied those strategies for several reasons: easier and more accessible, establishing well communication, increasing students’ interest, improving the cooperation between students and teachers and among students themselves, and providing fun online learning and test. Nevertheless, there were challenges faced by the teachers such as teachers’ disability in accessing technology or using online learning tools, lack of school facilities in supporting online learning, teachers’ difficulties in explaining the materials, students' limitation in motivation and accessing the internet, and lack of parents’ support system. From the results, it implies that planning and preparation should be done for better online learning in the future, teachers must be trained and prepared with sufficient knowledge and skill to maximize their practices in conducting the online learning, students have to be familiarized with online learning especially the digital tools, parents must monitor and maintain their children participation and engagement in the online learning, and more researches are encouraged to investigate the practices of online English teaching learning process. Keywords: Teachers’ Strategies, Online Learning, Junior High School

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Program Pasca Sarjana > Pendidikan Bahasa
Depositing User:	Unwidha Perpustakaan Unwidha
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2022 01:40
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2022 01:40
URI:	http://repository.unwidha.ac.id:880/id/eprint/3089

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