Pre-Service Teachers' Perception of Online English Teaching during the Covid 19 Pandemic

Abstract

Education is an important element of human life. It involves a teaching and learning process undertaken by the teacher and students. In this pandemic era, the use of it is important for the teaching activities. The purpose of this study is to describe pre-service teacher perceptions of online English teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study focuses on pre-service teachers from Universitas Brawijaya who have experienced online English teaching during the pandemic. This research is using a quantitative method. The subjects of this study were 72 English Education Students who had already done Field Study at School. This study uses a data collection technique, namely a survey. Two aspects have been studied: Pre-Service Teacher's Perception indicators and Online English Teaching during The Covid-19 Pandemic. The result of this study indicates that the majority of respondents who are pre-service teachers have a neutral perception of online English teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is sequentially followed by respondents who choose to agree, disagree, then strongly agree and strongly disagree with the same percentage in the lowest frequency.