Language Teachers on Teaching Strategies Using Online Distance Learning Modality during the Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to identify the online teaching strategies used by language teachers in teaching Oral Communication during the pandemic and the challenges teachers face in utilizing select strategies. Moreover, it aims to create a proposed training program with the aforementioned objectives. Results surface that teachers lacked training in online teaching at the onset of the pandemic, but they managed to find their teaching strategies as the years went by. Some factors inevitably hindered the conduct of online classes, such as connectivity issues and dysfunctional gadgets for teachers and students. This study gathered data through individual interviews, small group discussions, and document analysis. The triangulated data helped the researcher create an enhanced curriculum guide to help the teachers enhance their competency level in teaching Oral Communication during online classes.