This study discusses the challenges of teaching English online using the E-Learning application during the pandemic. The goal is to find out what are the
obstacles and challenges in teaching English online during the pandemic at MTsN
3 Banjarmasin City.
This research is a qualitative research using descriptive method. This study
involved five English teachers at MTsN 3 Banjarmasin City. The instruments used
in this study were interviews and questionnaires. Interviews were conducted five
times with five English teachers. The results of the study show that the challenges
in teaching English online have various challenges including: there is a slight
disturbance that occurs on the internet network, there is internet interference from
the application. Using this application is a bit difficult in terms of adapting to
teaching that is different from conventional methods and when dealing with
students, sometimes when learning English starts they just go into attendance and
do not open learning materials and some are late in sending assignments given by
the teacher in various ways. reason. The opportunities that teachers can learn in
online learning are as follows: teachers can make teaching materials in the form of
learning videos, be creative as much as possible so that students are more
interested and teachers can learn more about several kinds of online learning
techniques from various applications. But for students online learning is more
sophisticated and modern because it is in the millennial era.