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Journal : Soshum: Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora

An Overview of Students’ and Teachers’ Factors, and Students’ Perspectives Towards Teachers’ Characters in English Learning Gunawan Tambunsaribu; Ida Bugus Putu Suamba
SOSHUM : Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022): July 2022
Publisher : Unit Publikasi Ilmiah, P3M, Politeknik Negeri Bali

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (445.383 KB) | DOI: 10.31940/soshum.v12i2.197-206

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This study generally aims at examining any factors that cause the college students still find difficulties in learning English and if there are any bad things experienced by the students from their teachers. The problems in this study are: 1) What are the influences that cause the English students still find English lesson difficult to understand English even though they have learned English for more than 10 years? 2) Did the English students have any bad experiences from their English teachers in the classroom which cause them have difficulties in understanding English lessons? The method used by researchers in this study is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The tools used in this study were video recorders and open-ended questions sheets. The primary data in this study is the respondents' answers to some questions delivered to them in the interview session. The respondents are the first-year students of batch 2018 at Gunadarma University located in Bekasi, West Java province. The researcher randomly selected 400 students who were studying English 1 and English 2 subject. It is found that the factors that cause the English learners still find some difficulties in learning English are caused by both internal and external factors. This study also revealed that some students had some bad experiences from their English teachers as long as they have studied English since they started learning English in kindergarten or primary school.
Online Learning Implementation and Challenges during Covid-19 Pandemic: English Lecturers’ Perspective in Indonesia Tira Nur Fitria; Afdaleni; Nurmala Elmin Simbolon; Ida Bagus Putu Suamba
SOSHUM : Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022): July 2022
Publisher : Unit Publikasi Ilmiah, P3M, Politeknik Negeri Bali

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (356.419 KB) | DOI: 10.31940/soshum.v12i2.171-183

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This study investigates the English lecturers’ perspective on the implementation and their challenges (difficulties) in online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research is qualitative descriptive. There are 115 English lecturers from various state and private higher institutions in Indonesia are involved in this research. The result analysis shows that most English lecturers implement online learning during 4 semesters, and the dominant applications used are Zoom Meeting, WhatsApp, Google Meet, Institutional E-Learning, and YouTube. During conducting online learning, 1) they have the flexibility of place and time in teaching, 2) they have the freedom to choose and use the type of e-learning app and they feel satisfied with the use of application features to support online lectures. But, they need more time to prepare materials, use more materials, use creative and interesting materials also use interesting and different teaching methods. The English lecturers also face difficulties during conducting online learning such as 1) difficulty to master the class and control students. 2) the students are not more participative, enthusiastic, and interactive, 3) difficulty determining/assigning assignments/projects, and 4) difficulty holding mid-term and end-of-semester exams online both written exams and oral exams. 5) difficulty in evaluating/assessing students during online learning. 6) feel worried about students' abilities and grades. Sometimes they also feel bored teaching online. Besides, they experience other various problems, such as quota and internet connection, interference with the device used, and environmental conditions, even though they don't know students more closely and personally. After conducting online learning, English lecturers feel satisfied with online lectures for several semesters, feel online learning is more interesting and challenging, but they have more teaching load in online lectures than offline even do not receive more compensation for teaching online.