HIGH LEVEL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF ONLINE ENGLISH LEARNING ACTIVITIES AT SMP MA’ARIF 02 SUKUN MALANG

Abstract

Abstract: This study presents high level students' perceptions of online English learning activities. Online learning is a process where students and teachers carry out teaching and learning activities remotely. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, almost every country experienced the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, including in the field of education and learning. Therefore, in situations like this online learning is very important, because of Covid-19 the government makes regulations to not conduct face-to-face learning, but learning is done online. The design of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The participants in this study were 17 students in class VIII of SMP Islam Ma'arif 02 Sukun Malang for the 2022 academic year who obtained the highest English scores in the final semester exams. To find out the perceptions of high level students towards online English learning activities, questionnaires and interviews were used as instruments to collect data. The data analysis process includes data reduction, data presentation, conclusion and verification. The findings of this study indicate that high-level students' perceptions of online English learning activities are positive in several aspects such as students were feeling happy and enjoying online English learning activities. In addition, students are also very active in learning English even though it is held online, active participation of students such as being active in class, often doing assignments and asking the teacher and students also have no obstacles at all when learning English activities are carried out online. Only a small number of students stated that online English learning was less effective because students found it difficult to understand the media provided by the teacher. In addition, students stated that the teacher's ability in online English learning activities was less creative because the teacher only gave videos during the teaching and learning process. This research is expected to be useful for other researchers and it can also be a reference or inspiration for further researchers who are interested in the field of high-level student perceptions of online English learning activities.

 

Keywords: High Level, Students' Perception, Online Learning, English Activities