Many activities, including school, have moved online as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency remote teaching is the best way to make learning
that is normally done offline available online. This is done so that we can all help
to reduce the virus's spread. Therefore, the researcher was interested to know
Teacher’s and Students’ Perceptions on Emergency Remote Teaching in ELT Amid
the Pandemic.
This research applied mix-method research. The population of this research
was 51 students and the samples of this research were 44 students and a teacher in
SMA Muhammadiyah Kotabaru. The data were collected by spreading
questionnaires to find out students' perceptions and the interview to find out
teacher's perceptions. This research is divided into three aspects; feelings, benefits,
and drawbacks. The researcher applied two methods of analysis, descriptive statics
analysis for analyzed statements from questionnaires and descriptive qualitative
analysis which analyzed interview data.
The results reveal that both teachers and students had positive and negative
perceptions of emergency distance in teaching English. Teaching is going well,
despite the challenges that teachers and students face. However, study online offer
something useful in learning in an emergency situation. Teachers and students are
unfamiliar with online learning, but they are willing to adapt during the COVID-19
pandemic.