Exploring TESL students’ experience on remote teaching and learning during Covid-19 Pandemic

This study looked at three primary perspectives: 1) to explore IIUM TESL postgraduate students’ experience on remote teaching and learning (RTL) during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2) to identify the challenges of RTL among IIUM TESL postgraduate students during the COVID19 pandemic, and 3) to determine some of the appropriate solutions to the RTL-related issues that IIUM TESL postgraduate students faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data collection procedure adopted by the study was an in-depth online qualitative questionnaire. This study utilised the qualitative research design involving six students from Kulliyyah of Education at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as the research participants. The data were analysed thematically based on those, as mentioned earlier, three major research perspectives. The overall results of this study indicated that IIUM TESL postgraduate students found RTL challenging. They faced many problems and difficulties during the RTL classes, which were deemed as significant obstacles to their teaching and learning outcomes. The study also suggests that conducting new research and developing new ideas are necessary for students to better adapt to the RTL mode. As for teachers, they should be cooperative and supportive of the RTL classes by ensuring robust internet connectivity, keeping communication clear with the students, conducting engaging and fun lectures, having a shorter class duration, and offering longer breaks. As a result, the students would enjoy and pay more attention during the RTL classes, which could help achieve the aims and objectives of teaching and learning