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All this while, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has incorporated blended learning or flipped classroom learning as its online learning effort. However, during the Malaysia Movement Control Order (MCO) all classes were instructed to be implemented through open and distance learning (ODL) as students and lecturers were physically separated and face-to-face communication was impossible. Before the ODL classes began, lecturers were exposed to various learning management system such as UFuture, Google Classroom, i-Learn, social media applications such as Telegram, Zoom, Google Meet, Webex, YouTube to facilitate their teaching. However, the overwhelming information exposed to the lecturers could result to overload of information. Lecturers may find it confusing to choose which platform was felt the best. Hence, this research intends to investigate the language lecturers' preferences on learning management system and applications in maximising effective teaching and learning experiences. This study involves a set of questionnaires for 30 English lecturers from the Academy of Language Studies (UiTM) and interview questions for five of them on their perceptions of English lecturers towards the benefits and limitations of teaching language subjects through ODL. This study contributes to the pedagogy of ODL as it highlights the benefits and limitations of teaching English subjects through ODL.
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In-Text Citation: (Yusof et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Yusof, F. H. binti M., Bakar, S. Z. S. binti A., Amat, D. W. binti, Othman, D. binti, Sumery, Z. binti, Sarijari, H. binti, & Qomariyah, A. (2021). ESL Teaching: Preferences on The Use of E-Learning Apps in Maximising Effective Teaching and Learning Experiences for Open and Distance Learning (ODL). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(6), 1123–1139.
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