COVID-19 and online english language teaching: Students' response and feedback

The outbreak of the COVID-19 caused Pakistani universities to close the campuses and forced them to initiate online teaching. This study explores the responses and feedback of students regarding its advantages, limitations and recommendations. The research population is the graduate students of department of English at University of Lahore, Pakistan. Specific instructional strategies are presented to summarize current online teaching experiences for university students who were forced to take online education in such circumstances. Learning system is developing day by day with the help of modern technology and the it plays a significant role in online education. English language teachers utilized and incorporated modern technology into their pedagogical practices. For this reason, they mostly utilize virtual interface. In their capacity, English Language teachers and learners involved in interactions, i.e. "anytime anywhere", which enhances extra momentum teaching learning process. The nature of this study was based on a descriptive-exploratory research. The mixed approach was utilized in this research. One hundred and ten respondents were selected with a set of questions, i.e. educational attainment, technological aspects, learning process and learners' responses. So, this study demonstrates how Google Classroom, Moodle, WhatsApp and Instagram have been a source of lesson and it records the studens' experiences and feedback.