EFL Students’ Remote Learning Experience During the Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreak

Abstract

As the school closure is implemented, it affects the way teaching and learning at educational institutions from elementary to higher education in Indonesia. This situation promotes what we call remote learning. This research aimed at discovering and comprehend the lived experience of college students in remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The subject was 110 students who are in the 4th and 6th semester from the English education student at IAIN Tulungagung. Meanwhile, the method used in this study is qualitative research method in which it takes a phenomenological approach. In order to understand students’ experiences, the researchers analyze the results from the questionnaire and have an interview. Then, the results revealed that the students’ experience is quite challenging. This experience is related to the media or methods used during remote learning. Besides, their learning experience can be categorized as blended media learning in which learning situations involved of a mix media involving technological learning and conventional media. It included the use of e-learning and conventional learning. In short, after examining how college students learned during COVID-19, the researchers could propose the efficacy of remote learning, especially for language learning.