Adapting to Post Pandemic Learning: Re-visiting Online English Course for Non-Academic Staffs

Abstract

An English course for non Academic Staff was designed for online learning mode due to COVID-19 pandemic. Regardless the importance of the course, highdropouts were inevitable. The study used descriptive quantitative methods that included a survey to elicit opinions from participants about the program and a Vocabulary Levels Test to assess if the course increased vocabulary knowledge. Responses from the participants would provide information for further use of the program in both modes, offline and online learning that would be carried out in the post pandemic. The program was well-tailored and implemented; however, there is a discrepancy in the results of the VLT tests. There is no significant different between the pre-and post-test. However, The current study demonstrated the implementation's efficacy, making the program recommendable to be continued in the post-pandemic age. However, future research needs to look further into the scores because the differences were not statistically significant.