NCS (Natural Classes): The Optimazation Natural Class in Teaching English During Pandemic Covid-19

¹Atika Dinna Hastanti, ²Rachmah Yunita

¹atikadinna44@gmail.com, ²rachmahyunita26@gmail.com

English Department, Teacher Training and Educational Faculty, Tidar University¹

English Department, Teacher Training and Educational Faculty, Tidar University²

Abstract

The world is currently in shock with the emergence of a viral pandemic corona or can be called Covid-19. Coronavirus is a group of viruses from subfamily Orthocronavirinae in the Coronaviridae family and order Nidovirales, coronavirus causes common respiratory tract infections mild, such as a cold, although some forms of the disease such as; Sars, Mers, and Covid-19 but its more deadly nature (Kurniati, et al: 2021). The purpose of this research developing new ideas and innovations that can be applied by the community after the reintroduction. Method that used in this research is grounded theory, this theory is a method that allows researchers to develop or discover new innovations based on the study of current phenomena. The implementation is that the researcher determines the object that experiences the phenomenon, then carried out a survey of the object. The result of this research is to produce a program design in order to develop and optimize natural classroom learning methods for English lessons at the junior high school level. Natural Classes (NCS) can be a learning innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic to learn English in a more interesting and effective way.

Key words: Natural Classes, Pandemic, Teaching English