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Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Emergency Forced Remote Education in Learning English

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Abstract

The Covid-19 has changed the education landscape around the world including Malaysia. Malaysia has been
experiencing the Movement Control Order where learning activities are forced to be in a form of remote
learning. Although online learning is commonly used in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions, this study
argues that the emergency forced remote education and remote online education are not the same. This study
investigates students’ experience in learning English via emergency forced remote education. Students from
eight English classes were requested to answer survey at the end of the semester. It was found that majority of
the students were satisfied with the English course despite the challenges they have faced in completing the
tasks and assessments given. The empathetic approach implemented has helped the students to gain positive
learning experience. Based on these findings, possible ways to improve the course design and delivery are
discussed and future studies are suggested.

Keywords

Covid-19
English language course
emergency remote online education
higher education
Malaysia

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Conflict of Interest Statement

The author (s) declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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  • Submitted
    24 February 2021
  • Revised
    10 July 2021
  • Published
    13 February 2021