University Students' Perception of Online English Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, formal learning, including English, has been conducted online in Indonesia. This change in the learning system requires hard work and the community's adaptation, teachers, and students. This research was conducted to find students' perceptions of problems, solutions, and implications for the implementation of online English learning. This study used a mixed-method (qualitative quantitative), with 64 participants/students from 33 cities throughout Indonesia. Quantitative data were collected through questionnaires, which were then analyzed inductively using the model from Miles and Huberman; data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and verification. The results showed that students' perceptions: (1) there are new problems in learning English online for students, such as networking, effectiveness, understanding, and communication (2) There are solutions to these problems; Back to offline learning, studying harder, and good internet networks, (3) The implications of learning English online are becoming ineffective. The results of this study can be useful for English lecturers to develop online English learning to be carried out effectively