The Implementation of Group Work in Teaching Speaking During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Group work defines as the students working together in a group to complete the assignment or construct knowledge. Group work activities allow students to engage in stimulating conversations about topics that interest them which will help them better understand the topic. As the COVID-19 pandemic has been better, the teaching-learning activities carried out offline with the capacity of fifty percent of the capacity classroom. Returning to study at school or university makes the lecturer probably focus on helping students follow classroom routines, reconnect with their friends and lecturer, and learn to work in peer groups again. This study aims to describe the lecturer implementing group work in speaking class during the COVID-19 pandemic and the task assigned for the group. This study uses a qualitative method in which case study design. The subjects of this study are two lecturers and seventeen students in speaking class. The data was collected through observation and interview. Hopefully, this study could be a useful contribution and a reference in implementing group work in speaking classes during the COVID-19 pandemic in English education field.