Post-covid 19 education landscape: A study on students’ perceptions on the impact of synchronous learning in oral communication course

Asynchronous mode in teaching and learning for oral communication is one way practiced by language instructors and students during the pandemic Covid-19.However, administering and learning through this mode have proven to bequite a challenge considering the lack of resources and knowledge theyexperi...

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Main Authors: Chelster Sherralyn Jeoffrey Pudin, Eugenia Ida Edward, Bernadette Tobi, Priscilla Shak Yee Ping
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd 2022
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37821/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37821/2/FULLTEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37821/
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Summary:Asynchronous mode in teaching and learning for oral communication is one way practiced by language instructors and students during the pandemic Covid-19.However, administering and learning through this mode have proven to bequite a challenge considering the lack of resources and knowledge theyexperienced now. This is a pilot study conducted to investigate the challengesor issues students faced in learning the oral skills online during the MovementControl Order (MCO) period. This pilot study utilised a questionnaire surveymethod for data collection. Recruitment of research participants was performedthrough purposive sampling. There were 80 participants that were involved inthe study who have taken the Oral Communication in English (OCE) course ina public university in Malaysia. The participants were between 21 to 24 yearsold, with 60 females and 20 males. The data was analysed using SPSS version27.Generally, participants felt that learning oral communication inasynchronous mode have helped them improve their oral communicationskills. It is hoped that this study’s findings will contribute to the developmentof an oral communication instructional framework in asynchronous mode tomeet the literacy needs of students.