THE LECTURERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF ONLINE LEARNING IN SPEAKING CLASSES AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

This research aims to analyze the lecturers’ perspectives on teaching Speaking classes by online learning at the English Language Education Department, University of Muhammadiyah Malang. This study used a qualitative approach with a narrative inquiry method. Therefore, the research object was the lecturers’ perspectives who teach online speaking courses, while data was obtained through the interview technique. The result of the research shows that lecturers have four perspectives. The first is that there is a lack of Students-Lecturer interaction. Second, the technical obstacles impact students’ activeness. Third, each class has a different student activeness level, and the last is that each lecturer needs strategies to keep students motivated. Besides, the lecturers implement classroom strategies such as using project-based learning by asking students to hold a webinar project and choosing a viral, familiar, or relevant topic for students. In addition, these strategies are beneficial and encourage some students to participate more actively