PERSPECTIVES ON ESL MATERIAL UTILIZED IN AN ONLINE CLASSROOM IN A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

Abstract

In the face of the Covid-19 global pandemic the unprecedented demand for the use of Online platforms in the field of education increased in a blink of an eye posing a threat to the education system. This study is foregrounded on a group of undergraduate students in a Public University in Sri Lanka and the paper attempts to bring out the dire need to reconsider and revamp the teaching materials that have been used in ESL classrooms in order to meet the current as well as the future needs of the stakeholders of the process of teaching/learning. This study is qualitative in nature, and the data is gathered by both teachers and students using semi- structured interviews, classroom discussions and students’ feedback. It concluded with the understanding that there is a dire need in adapting the materials considering the needs of the students in this new normal era.