Pandemic has affected all sectors, including education. The teaching and learning activities are shifted from traditional method to online learning. Indonesia is one of the countries which recently implement online learning due to Covid-19 which forces teachers and students to do the teaching and learning process at home. This teaching mode is new for both teachers and students. Therefore, both of the parties experiences challenges and one of them is student disengagement. This study is intended to investigate the teachers’ perspective on student engagement particularly in language learning. In addition, The researcher also explore the teachers’ teaching strategies in e-learning and face-to-face classes during the pandemic to overcome student disengagement and eventually achieve the learning goals. This research employs qualitative research by using observation, interview, and document analysis to obtain the data. The participants are English teachers at SMA Negeri 1 Lumajang. The results portray the nature of student engagement in this high school. Moreover, some creative and innovative teaching strategies have been implemented to overcome some challenges faced.