Analysing Students’ Obstacle in Developing English Ability during Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on many parties, this condition has penetrated in the world of education, especially in English language as one of the comunication’s tools.Therefore, in this study the researcher observed the problems and obstacles for learners gaining English language skills throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the research were to identify the students’ obstacle in developing English ability during Covid-19 epidemic The researcher used qualitative approach, it was an interview as study’s instruments in research design. The total number of the participants were 10 English students year of 2018. The analysis procedure was done by using Miles and Huberman theories which was data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion/verifications. The conclution of this study was the online teaching-learning process incorporates a number of methods, including cognitive, metacognitive, cooperative, social, and affective strategies, and the majority of students face certain challenges when using it. This was a result of prior knowledge and a lack of enthusiasm, as well as being untrained in pre-teaching learning and haphazardly challenging the rules in the classroom, which also affected the understanding of technology. Additionally, the lack of support from the school for the law led to an ineffective teaching-learning process that required more work from the students and the lecturer to provide testimony during the interview, making gaining an adequate understanding time-consuming and costly.