Flipped Classroom Learning: A Current Issue in EnglishLanguage Teaching in Pandemic-Era as Perceived by Lecturers.

The current practice of teaching English and other subject is through online mode. This condition happens because of the Covid-19 pandemic. All countries in the world, including Indonesia, have to carry out online teaching and learning. Teaching English should be done at least y using blended learning, which one of its versions is flipped classroom. Unfortunately, many teachers and students in some areas were not ready for it. Accordingly, this study aims to investigate the lecturers’ perception of flipped classroom. This research applied a mixed-method and data were collected through questionnaire and interview. Based on the results, it is found that lecturers have a positive perception about flipped classroom, and they believe that lecturers should be competence in blended learning, mastery of IT-based education, not only in time Covid-19 but also in normal condition. This study recommends further studies on the effect of online learning, especially flipped classroom on students’ achievement and/or on the lecturers’ professionalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]