The Challenges Experience Of Efl Students In Speaking Class During Covid-19 Distance Learning

This research, entitled "The Challenges Experience of Efl Students In Speaking Class During Covid-19 Distance Learning". It was a study held at the Department of English Language Education UIN Ar-Raniry. The study was conducted to investigate the student challenges experience in speaking class during covid-19 and the solutions to overcome those challenges, which was done by the qualitative method. The study sample was based on purposive sampling focused on 8 students from batch 2019 who had taken a Speaking class course. The research instrument was a semi-structured interview consisting of ten questions to obtain information from students. The findings showed that students faced challenges in different categories, including connection problem (lack of network, limited internet data) using application problem ( the problem in operate the application, difficulty to hear sounds) process learning (difficult to understand tghe material, lack of intensity of interaction, difficult to understand the body language) and personal traits (lack of motivation and lack of self-confidence). The participants suggested some activities related to the types of experiences (virtual experience, physical experience, mental and emotional experience, social experience), like finding a better location, buying internet data, watching videos of how to use the application, and encouraging interaction between the students, as ways to overcome those difficulties.