Student’s Perception Of The Implmentation Of Blended Learning On Student’s Speaking Ability

Blended learning is an educational method that was implemented in the covid 19 pandemic. The implementation of blended learning is combined by face to face and online learning as a learning method, thus teaching and learning activities continue even in a covid pandemic that inhibits the education system. This study aims to explore students' perceptions in the implementation of blended learning on speaking ability and the obstacles faced by students in blended learning for English Education Department students at Ar-raniry Islamic University, Aceh. The research used a qualitative approach by conducting in- depth interviews with eight students of English Education Department batch 2019 of UIN Ar-raniry. The finding shows that, students perceived blended learning in the following ways: blended learning could boost student confidence in speaking, blended learning overcome student’s boringness in learning, and the online session matter in blended learning. In the implementation of blended learning, students admit that they have some challenges such as, internet connection issue,

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infrequent use of device, low comprehension ability, and low learning motivation. Hence, the implementation of blended learning could be emphasized as one of the innovations in learning that involves face to face and online learning, while most of the students stated that blended learning is not effective to be implemented in speaking course due to some learning ccobstacles they encountered during the implementation of blended learning.