Online Class Observation and Conduction in English During the Outbreak of Covid-19

Abstract

This paper determines to depict the present scenario of Online Class Observation and Conduction in English at Daffodil International University during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research has been designed based on the online internship to complete the requirements of the course titled as “Project Paper (ENG-334)” offered by the Department of English, Daffodil International University. The intern has fulfilled all due procedures to meet the requirements of the project based on the experience gained from the course work called STS (Students Teaching Students) under the course ELT (English Language Teaching) and voluntary teaching in Hornby Trust Project by BELTA (2019-2020). The key purposes of the project are to analyze the language teaching method, medium of instructions of English Language Teaching, teacher’s integrity and efficacy on English language teaching, student’s involvement in a class, the English language proficiency of students along with organizational concern on English language teaching online. The intern applied various methods and followed several steps such as- class observation, filling up checklist provided by the supervisor during the observation, class conduction and evaluation online to reach out the objectives. The paper provides suggestions for the facilitators and the online English language teaching authority based largely on the overall findings that scrutinize the strengths and weaknesses of the observed teacher as well as online classes.