THE BARRIERS TO TEACHERS IN LEARNING ENGLISH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BANYUMAS SUB-DISTRIC

ABSTRACT

THE BARRIERS TO TEACHERS IN LEARNING ENGLISH DURING THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BANYUMAS SUB-DISTRIC

By
Diana Larasati
16050036

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, every educational activity is held online. This situation gives
challenges to the teacher to teach the students from a far, which is practically ineffective. This
condition especially became harder for teachers who teach young learners such as in Junior High
School. Most of Junior High Schools in Banyumas sub-district are ones of many schools that
affected from this condition. Thus, this study aims to see the barriers of teachers in providing
online English learning in the conditions of learning from home at the junior high school level in
Banyumas District.

This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The population in this study were teachers
English language SMP in Banyumas sub-district which assesses 4 teachers. Sampling using a
total sampling consisting of 4 teachers. Instruments used in the form of interviews and teacher
questionnaires in lesson planning, implementation learning, evaluation / evaluation of learning.
Instruments in the form of interviews and questionnaires. The teacher used has been validated by
researchers with expert validation. The data analysis technique used was a qualitative descriptive
analysis technique.

The results showed that it was concluded that the teacher was in English learning on learning
conditions from home at junior high school level in Banyumas Dalam sub-district was obstructed
and experienced obstacles. This is obtained from each category, such as in lesson planning in this
case preparation of learning tools, and evaluation and learning outcomes.

Keywords : Barriers, Learning from home, English language education