TEACHER S ADAPTATION IN USING ENGLISH TEXTBOOK IN THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the teachers adaptation of using English textbook in senior high school during the covid 19 pandemic Particularly to find out which adaptation strategies are most frequently implemented by the teachers in adapting English textbook and what constrains do the teachers encounter in adapting the textbook nbsp; Mix Method designed was employed to the study nbsp; The data were taken from 11 teachers from 5 senior high schools in Sulawesi Utara province through questionnaire nbsp; The findings of the study revealed that simplifying was the most popular strategy utilized by the teachers The process of adding was the second most popular as extending used 38 times 21 and expanding used 37 times 20 nbsp; nbsp;Subtracting and replacing were not commonly used as the strategy nbsp; Most of the teachers 81 82 nbsp; found some constrains in adapting English textbook The major constrains related to the issues of the students need background and their language proficiency and the internet connection problem which affects the adapted material presentation and the time teaching allotment < p>