Students’ Challenges and Language Learning Strategies in a Group Presentation in the Post-Pandemic Era

Abstract

During the pandemic, online learning was the inevitable surge. Now, in the post-pandemic recovery, schools and universities have initiated to start offline learning. This research attempts to investigate challenges and students’ language learning strategies in giving a group presentation in the post-pandemic era. Fifty students, the third semester students taking Pre-Advanced Speaking class at STBA JIA Bekasi, participated in this research. The participants involved had online learning for the last two semesters and the third semester was their first time having offline classes. So, to address the research questions regarding their challenges and language learning strategies, the questionnaire was distributed. The findings showed that most of the students believed confidence was their major challenge in giving a group presentation in the post-pandemic era. While for the language learning strategies, the majority of participants adopted cognitive strategies such as planning and organizing their presentation.

Exploring Relationship between Learning Approaches among Postgraduate Students

“…A study by Puteh et al (2022), also discovered that post graduate students often fail to benefit from the learning strategies as they repeatedly adopted ineffective strategies when studying and many could not even recognize the use of certain strategies to regulate their learning. In a most recent study by Setiawan (2023), also concurs that students most largely adopted cognitive strategy and disregard other types of learning strategies. Thus, this has been identified as one of the great challenges faced by students during their course of learning.…”

“…Past studies also pointed out that post graduate students employ different types of learning approaches in their course of study (Idris et al, 2022;Rajasagaran et al, 2022). As argued by Tareen & Haand (2020); Setiawan (2023), the pandemic of Covid-has changed the way students learn from traditional teaching to online learning. Both traditional and online learning require different learning strategies on their end to meet optimum level of learning.…”