Student’s participation and attendance in following lectures during normal and pandemic Covid-19 era

This study discussed how the participation and attendance of students attending class during the normal period and during the Covid 19 pandemic era, on the second semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. Participants involved were as many as 129 regular class of 2017 students from the English language education study program,the language education faculty of IKIP Siliwangi Bandung. This study applied a qualitative research approach, the method of preparing and presenting the research results was made descriptively. The data collection technique was done by observing,interviewing, studying documentation, and searching online. The main was instrument was the researcher himself. The results showed that students’ participation and students’ attendance in attending lectures during normal times and during the Covid-19 pandemic era showed a contradiction in circumstances