2020/2021 SALATIGA UNIVERSITAS KRISTEN SATYA WACANA FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM 112018025 IWONY DWI KRISTIANA UNIVERSITY STUDENT S’ STRUGGLES IN ONLINE SPEAKING CLASSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ STRUGGLES IN ONLINE SPEAKING CLASSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

Sarjana Pendidikan

IWONY DWI KRISTIANA 112018025

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS UNIVERSITAS KRISTEN SATYA WACANA

SALATIGA

2020/2021

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ STRUGGLES IN ONLINE SPEAKING CLASSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

Sarjana Pendidikan

IWONY DWI KRISTIANA 112018025

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS UNIVERSITAS KRISTEN SATYA WACANA

SALATIGA

2020/2021

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Copyright@2022. Iwony Dwi Kristiana and Frances Sinanu, M.A.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

COVER ... i

INSIDE COVER ... ii

APPROVAL PAGE ... iii

COPYRIGHT STATEMENT ... iv

PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION ... v

TABLE OF CONTENT ... vi

ABSTRACT ... 1

INTRODUCTION ... 2

LITERATURE REVIEW ... 4

Covid-19 Pandemic & The Teaching of EFL ... 4

Speaking & The Teaching of Speaking ... 5

Speaking Classes during Covid 19 Pandemic ... 7

Speaking for Social Purposes Class (SfSP) at UKSW ... 8

Speaking for Social Purposes Class: Online version ... 10

Virtual Learning Strategies ... 11

Previous Studies on Students' Perception of Difficulties in Online Speaking Classes ... 12

THE STUDY ... 14

Context of study ... 14

Participants ... 14

Methodology ... 14

Instrument ... 14

Data Collection ... 15

Data analysis ... 15

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 16

The student's struggles in online speaking classes during the Covid-19 pandemic ... 16

The unstable internet connection ... 16

Speaking Anxiety ... 18

Lecturer strategy in teaching-learning ... 19

Assessment ... 21

The incompatibility of group mates in the project ... 22

How students overcome those struggles in online speaking classes during the Covid-19 pandemic ... 23

Setting up the devices ... 23

Going to the internet cafe or another house ... 24

Being calm ... 25

Establishing and maintaining communication with lecturers and friends ... 26

Creating a good atmosphere in the breakout room ... 27

CONCLUSION ... 30

REFERENCES ... 32

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... 38

APPENDIX ... 40

The list of interview questions ... 40

ABSTRACT

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has reached nearly every country in the world. It causes all Indonesian educational institutions to be placed on lockdown for an unknown period.

However, some students felt struggled with online classes. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze university students' struggles in online speaking classes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The participants of this study were six students from Angkatan 2020 who had taken the Speaking for Social Purposes Class. The data were collected qualitatively using semi-structured interviews to get in-depth information from the participants. The findings revealed five factors that contributed to the struggles. Those are an unstable internet connection, speaking anxiety, lecturer strategy in teaching-learning, assessment, and the incompatibility of group mates during group works. The strategy to overcome those struggles for students was to set up the device, go to the internet cafe or another place, be calm, inform lecturers or friends, and create a good atmosphere in the breakout room.

Keywords: Covid-19, education, Indonesia, online learning, speaking struggle, technology.