As teacher candidate, students majoring in English Education is required to take a teaching practice in real classroom setting. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic, the scheme of teaching practice is changed to online setting. The current study investigated pre-service teachers’ perception of their readiness in teaching English online. This study was a qualitative study followed by five English teacher candidate. The data were collected using interview guide and were analyzed using thematic analysis. It was found that the pre-service teachers were already familiar with the use technology for teaching such as google classroom, Schoology, and Zoom. They mentioned that in terms of pedagogy, they are still uncertain about their readiness because of their lack experience. The study highlighted that the role of supervision in really importance in enhancing pre-service teachers’ competencies.

This research aims to use WhatsApp group to Indonesian learning in VIII class students at UPT SMP Negeri 3 Ponggok. This research used qualitative approach because it uses data in the form of words. At the same time, this research used experimental type because it is testing something. The research subjects were from VIII-D class students, and the object was Indonesian learning through WhatsApp group. The data collection techniques were observation, documentation, and questionnaires. Comparative analysis will be processed after the data is obtained. In addition, the analysis was also carried out with Miles and Huberman's technique. Miles and Huberman's technique has several stages; data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The research resulted the use of WhatsApp group was more interactive and fun than another method that has been implemented before. Therefore it is increasing student learning outcomes. Keywords: Indonesian, interactive learning, WhatsApp group

As teacher candidate, students majoring in English Education is required to take a teaching practice in real classroom setting. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic, the scheme of teaching practice is changed to online setting. The current study investigated pre-service teachers’ perception of their readiness in teaching English online. This study was a qualitative study followed by five English teacher candidate. The data were collected using interview guide and were analyzed using thematic analysis. It was found that the pre-service teachers were already familiar with the use technology for teaching such as google classroom, Schoology, and Zoom. They mentioned that in terms of pedagogy, they are still uncertain about their readiness because of their lack experience. The study highlighted that the role of supervision in really importance in enhancing pre-service teachers’ competencies.