(Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) Volume 8, No. 1, January 2022 Page. 8-18 p-ISSN: 2356-2048 e-ISSN: 2356-203x 8 PERCEPTION TOWARDS ENGLISH WEBINAR AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ASSISTING ENGLISH LEARNING DURING PANDEMIC COVID-19 Devanny Patricia Inkiriwang 1 , Marlin Steffy Marpaung 2 . 1 Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Universitas Advent Indonesia 2 Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Universitas Advent Indonesia Correspondence author Marlin 2 : marlin.marpaung@unai.edu Abstract The purpose of this study is to find out colleges’ perceptions towards English webinars held during the pandemic to assist their English learning. The population included some colleges from random subjects in a private and stated university who had attended an English webinar and the sample of the population was taken using purposive sampling which focuses on seventh and eighth-semester colleges. The collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The result demonstrates that English webinars can assist colleges in learning English during the pandemic however, they also face some challenges while learning English through English webinars. Keywords: Perception, English language webinar, English learning, Covid-19 INTRODUCTION The Covid 19 phenomenon, which started in late 2019 and has continued until now, has impacted a vast number of people all across the world (Pustika, 2020). Many facets of life have changed as a result of this pandemic. Similarly, considerable changes are occurring in the educational system. Many schools have been forced to close temporarily, and face-to-face teaching has been discontinued. Returning to traditional education will be challenging shortly (Dhawan, 2020). Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim issued a circular letter outlining the transition from face-to-face to online learning to combat the spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia. As a result, the internet has become the primary medium for learning (Oktaria & Rahmayadevi, 2021). Universities are also abiding by government policies by implementing an online learning system. An online learning system, according to Mukhtar et al. (2020) is a web- based program that allows students and teachers to distribute, search, and organize courses over the internet. Even though they are learning online, students still require comprehensive learning elements to assist learning and to attain their learning objectives. This pandemic according to Laili & Nashir (2021) represents new defiance in the education sphere, notably for colleges. Due to this, universities are interested in looking for the most effective