Students’ Self-efficacy in Learning Foreign Language during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
It is believed that COVID-19 is the biggest disruptor of this century, educational activity being one of the most affected lines. Face-to-face learning must be replaced by virtual meetings with all its limitations. Doubts about students’ mastery of learning materials often arise. This article aims to describe the results of studies conducted on the self-efficacy of students in taking online foreign language learning classes during this pandemic. The data in this study were obtained using questionnaires that were filled by the students of the German Department at the Universitas Negeri Malang, and then analysed qualitatively. The results showed that the students had high self-efficacy. This is built on the good ability of students in completing assigned tasks with different levels of difficulty (level), student confidence in their abilities (strength), and the ability of students to carry out different activities with various situations (generality).
Keywords: student, self-efficacy, foreign language learning, COVID-19 pandemic
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