The Problems Faced by English Teachers in Implementing Online and Offline Classroom

This research aimed to investigate the English teachers’ problems in implementing online and offline classrooms and how the teachers solved those problems. The participants of this study were three English teachers at MAN 4 Aceh Besar who have experienced both online and offline learning. In this research, the researcher used the qualitative method and purposive sampling to select the participants. The researcher used the interview to discover the problems encountered by the teachers. In analyzing the data, the researcher applied three steps of data analysis techniques: data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. The results show that the teachers faced nine problems in the online and offline classrooms. The problem related to technology is a poor internet connection. In the teaching and learning process, the teachers felt the online classroom was less delightful, and it was difficult to measure which students could follow and understand the material taught. The problems that arise from students include problems with less student engagement, students not being serious in the teaching-learning process, the potential for students to commit cheating, student boredom, and student fear of speaking and asking questions face-to-face with the teacher. Then, from interviews with the teachers, several solutions were found to cope with the problems: make the course material as engaging as possible, contact students who were less active or responded less frequently in the online class, send the subject material to students whose internet networks were unstable, ask questions orally to several students to gauge students understanding, motivate the problem students, and conduct ice-breaking to relieve student boredom.