Problematizing Teaching and Learning English Language Online: A Study on Secondary School Classroom Management

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the personal experiences and different attitudes of the students, teachers and parents using online language learning, the challenges and problems faced, and investigate its outcomes in the post-Covid situation. In this paper, the researcher reviewed the literature review of previous studies, particularly from the past ten years on using technology to indicate how new technologies improve learners" English language learning skills, as well as the discourses on critical observation of the respondents" personal feelings, opinions and struggle in online teaching and learning. The researcher conducted interviews with students who are in their secondary level of education, parents and teachers at an English medium school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The results reveal the views and perceptions of the interviewees have notable correlations with online English learning outcomes, and exhibits digitalization of education which involves significant parental and authoritarian involvement in online classroom to have severe consequences that hamper the learning and teaching.