The Covid-19 pandemic has forced people worldwide to change their way of
life, including the running of the education system in Indonesia. The learning system
that is usually done face-to-face has turned into online learning. This online learning
system certainly creates a distance between students and EFL senior high school
teachers. It is undeniable that misunderstandings can cause emotions between teachers
and students caused by this difference in distance.
This research is qualitative research using the descriptive method. The
participants in this study were 4 high school EFL teachers from 4 different high schools
in Banjarmasin. Data were collected through an interview process.
The study results show that of Hargreaves' 5 emotional geographies
frameworks, each participant expresses various emotions. Some negative emotions
such as anger, irritation, or dissatisfaction, and some positive emotions such as
satisfaction or pleasure. In addition, the participants also shared their various ways of
dealing with the emotional geographies problems according to each of the problems
they raised such as report the problem to counseling teacher, give the student a
motivation, and more.