Covid-19 has taken the world by storm. Inevitably, the higher education landscape has also witnessed tremendous overhaul in the way education is delivered as students and academics are restricted from having the traditional face-to-face (F2F) classes due to the Movement Control Order (MCO). Needless to say, most universities have resorted to online learning considering the advancement of the technology in facilitating the delivery of the teaching and learning process. While both students and academics are thrown into the deep end of the pool as they grapple with the situation, much is yet to be known about the new norm. This paper aims to identify the challenges faced by the senior and junior academics and their strategies in coping with the demand of conducting their online classes, as an approach to identify their potential workplace training needs. Employing a case study design, a total of six academics participated in a semi-structured interview. The participants for the interview were identified through a purposive sampling technique and were categorized as senior and junior academics based on their years of teaching. Based on a thematic analysis, several challenges and strategies were recorded. Several implications were derived from the salient findings, which include potential training areas and workshops on teaching and assessing Listening and Writing skills via online as well as future research.
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To Cite this Article: Majid, F. A., Ibrahim, N. R., Tarmizi, S. N. M., Rahaman, I. F. A., & Rashid, N. S. M. (2022). Senior and Junior Academics’ Challenges and Strategies in English Language Online Teaching during Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications for Workplace Training. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(8), 1375– 1390.
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