An Analysis of University Students’ Perception on Learning Speaking During Online Class: A Narrative Inquiry

Fathiin Hafizhota Balqiis

Abstract

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, students' communication with friends and the surrounding environment has become limited. Learning activities were also conducted online so that speaking skills were not optimal. The emergence of these problems made students have perceptions related to online speaking learning courses. Knowing students' perceptions is important because teachers can conclude whether learning activities are running effectively or not. This study analyzed the perception of university students regarding online speaking learning class, the challenges that occur in that class, and the solutions to overcome challenges. The research used a qualitative method, specifically narrative inquiry, to explore students' perceptions, the challenges, and solution to overcome the challenges of online speaking learning, which can clearly feel the difference when classes were held offline or online. The participants were four students who had taken the Public Speaking class in the fourth semester. The data collection used in this study was from an interview and analyzed using thematic analysis. In this study, the participants had good perception of online speaking learning. The positive impacts are such as being time and cost-efficient, and being as effective as offline speaking learning made participants had good perception of this learning system. The challenges faced by students while participating in online speaking learning are such as they were not fluent when speaking English and their voice during public speaking was unclear. The solution for the challenges is the participants more often practiced speaking. The students can try take part in other online speaking classes outside the university to improve their speaking skills.

Keywords

student perception; speaking; online learning

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/ee.v11i3.72690

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