PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE INTEGRATION OF MOBILE ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL) DURING VIRTUAL TEACHING INTERNSHIP

This research aims to investigate pre-service English teacher perception on Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) during virtual teaching internship. The problem comes from the change of learning system from offline to online due to pandemic covid-19. Automatically, it affects on the implementation teaching internship. So that Preservice teachers who are carrying out the task must adjust the situation using online method. This research is classified into qualitative research. The data obtained by distributing questionnaires, conducting interview and analyzing reflective journal. The result shows that EFL pre-service teachers had positive perceptions toward the use of MALL in teaching English. Pre-service English teachers understand and aware toward MALL during virtual teaching internship. While the obstacles faced by Pre-service teacher came from the unstable connection internet access, operating new features and controlling the students.