Esl Teachers And Students Perceptions Towards Blended Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 epidemic's worldwide disturbance has brought about countless, indescribable, and widespread problems in the education sector. During the corona virus 2019 limitation, the significance of blended learning (BL) has indeed been highlighted. But there is very little research on students' and teachers experiences with BL, especially when utilizing WhatsApp as among the educational tools. This study examined the perspectives of ESL students and teachers toward utilizing different BL approaches. In an Indonesian university, a mix of in-person lectures and virtual learning is used. The study described in this paper attempts to investigate how students experience about their learning in a BL environment that uses the social media platforms Google Classroom and WhatsApp as teaching tools. It combined descriptive research design with a mixed method to examine how students' and teachers' perspectives of BL education relate to one another. According to the findings, students had a favorable opinion of their BL experience. Students express their issues about the internet connectivity and the clarity of the teaching in the online course resources. The greatest benefit, in the opinion of the teachers, was that it was difficult for them to prepare the material and use the media (93%). It can be suggested that BL can be practiced even after the COVID 19 period.