VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE ON LEARNING ENGLISH DRAMA APPRECIATION DURING PANDEMIC AND NEW NORMAL

Abstract

This paper entitled ‘Virtual Performance on Learning English Drama Appreciation during Pandemic and New Normal is aimed to describe a method which can be used in learning English Drama with a model of virtual performance or online stage during pandemic and new normal. The situation of pandemic recently caused a process on learning some subjects in literature like English Drama Appreciation should change the method on learning especially on how to perform the students’ works. Virtual performance or online stage is one of solution to overcome that problem. Since the learning outcome of this subject is aimed on the students’ ability to perform their work of a play on a stage, it is hoped by using a model on virtual performance or online stage can give the best contribution and solution. Pandemic is the situation which is not allowed the process of teaching and learning which is conducted in a class even in a new normal. That’s why, this kind of project based learning is choose to overcome the problem. The method used in this paper is a descriptive qualitative method which is described the model of class activity based on this model during one semester. By using virtual performance as a model on learning, it is hoped it can give solution and contribution on what and how the teachers and lecturers should do on teaching during pandemic and new normal. The result shows that by using this model it gives a good solution especially for learning English Drama Appreciation.