Students’ Perception of The Blended Learning in Learning English Subject

Abstract

In conditions of online and offline learning, it is very important that online and offline learning activities run optimally. Learning and teaching must continue to be carried out online and offline in learning. This lesson aims to find out students' perceptions of blended learning in English lessons. In addition, interest in learning English is a key factor in the success of conversational skills among students, which influences them to learn English. This study used qualitative research and the subjects of this study were from class IX, that is, 6 students from junior high school Malang. When investigating student perceptions, the researchers used interviews as a data collection instrument. Also, the question is adapted from Sanja Bauk (2014). H. Atwa (2022) which has been validated. The findings of this study indicate students' perceptions of blended learning. Students say that the teacher's strategy of using strategic speech when explaining material at the beginning of learning can facilitate student understanding and increase student motivation to learn more. Unfortunately, the perception of most students towards blended learning is positive and there is also a negative one, that is, students get into various problems, such as poor internet connection and underestimation of learning. Researchers suggest that the teacher distributes more interesting material to be carried out during online and offline English learning. The teacher must also provide a more interesting concept of research material that can be given to students. It is hoped that this research can be useful for other researchers and can be a reference or inspiration for future researchers who conduct research on students' perceptions of blended learning in English lessons.

Keywords: Students’ Perception, Blended Learning