Teacher’s Efforts In Increasing Students Learning Activities In English Lessons During A Covid-19 Pandemic

This interview study reports on the results and analysis of the efforts of teachers in increasing the students learning activities in english lessons during a covid-19 pandemic at MTsN 1 Langkat. Since the corona virus existed in Indonesia last year, since then the education system has been changed to online. This study aims to find out : What are the teacher’s effort in increasing student learning activities in English lessons during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research uses descriptive qualitative research. Data collection techniques in this study are observation, interview and documentation. The findings of this study indicate that The teachers have made various efforts to increase student learning activities, such as creating creative media and engaging in interesting strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic and some of these efforts have been paired with the theory used to test this research. This study emphasizes that teachers play an important role in student learning activities through online learning, especially in English lessons