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Indian EFL Teachers' Reflections on Sudden E-Adoption vis-a-vis COVID-19

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  • Arnab Kundu

    (Bankura University, West Bengal, India)

  • Asim Kumar Betal

    (Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar, India)

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a mammoth impact on all spheres of human life—social, cultural, mental, and academic—to different degrees. The current study reports the authors' reflection on the Indian EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers' pedagogical challenges and opportunities on a sudden shift towards OTL (online teaching-learning). The qualitative method used here is a content analysis of narrative representations from 50 EFL teachers working in different schools and colleges/universities referring to their experiences on this unforeseen teaching situation and suggestions for improvement. In-depth analysis revealed teachers' concerns over technical problems, lack of resources, learner motivation, and participation in addition to online assessment. Amidst these limitations, the participants tried to cope with this sudden shift with resilience and often with impromptu solutions—planning, access to digital equipment, collaboration, and school policy—for improving OTL.

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  • Arnab Kundu & Asim Kumar Betal, 2022. "Indian EFL Teachers' Reflections on Sudden E-Adoption vis-a-vis COVID-19," International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD), IGI Global, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jtd000:v:13:y:2022:i:1:p:1-15
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