STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES IN LISTENING IN VIRTUAL CLASSROO; CASE STUDY IN ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM IN COVID-19

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Listening is one of the four skills in learning English. This study aims to determine the difficulties faced by students in learning listening in virtual learning. This research is a qualitative research. Participants in this study were the forth semester students who had studied listening in 2018/2019 majoring in English education at UNISKA Banjarmasin. In collecting data, researchers used interviews which were conducted virtually through the WhatsApp with the respondent. The results showed that there were 2 factors, namely Internal factors and External factors consisting of 6 difficulties faced by students in virtual learning. The difficulties faced by these students are; Lack of vocabulary, speed of speech, unclear pronunciation, lack of concentration and motivation, condition of studying at home, limitation of the Media.