STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF USING E-LEARNING IN LEARNING ENGLISH

Abstract

This research aims to find out students' perceptions of using ELearning on learning English which includes student’s enthusiasm of ELearning, advantages/disadvantages of E-Learning, and student’s expectation of E-Learning. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The subjects of this research are the teacher and 15 student’s from 8B class of SMPN 1 Puncu. Data collection in this research was carried out in three ways, namely: observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of this research are: students' interest in learning English using E-learning amounted to 80% of the total students. The students who gave a positive response from questions that the researchers have given. Researchers draw the conclusion that students are enthusiastic to follow E-learning, The advantages felt by students is the ease in time management, accessible from anywhere, the material reached can be very wide. Meanwhile for disadvantages felt by students is the lack of direct interaction, unstable internet connection and difficulty in understanding the material. While in the bad experience of students’ and teachers, are internet quotas expensive, devices used are inadequate, mastery of technology is still low, time management is still not good, and the medium of communication isn’t well organized, Expectation from students in the future more consistently. Students also expect can be further developed and all students can be more fluent in the mastery of E-learning support devices, and they expect teachers can explain the material more clearly and also they can meet virtually face to face