TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYNCHRONOUS ENGLISH PROGRAM AT HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1075.2024-0019

Abstract

This study investigates lecturers' opinionson the non-major English program level A, which iscurrently being implemented in a synchronous onlinemode at Ho Chi Minh City Open University. A surveywas conducted with the participation of lecturers whoteach online for the program. Quantitative data werecollected through questionnaires with theparticipation of all 23 lecturers, and qualitative datawere obtained through interviews with 10 lecturers.The findings show that the lecturers believe that theprogram has prepared students quite well for thecourse and that both lecturers and students have thecapacity and conditions to participate in this type ofprogram. However, they still face various difficultieswhen teaching Speaking and Pronunciation skills aswell as classroom management. These difficulties aredue to the nature of synchronous online teaching, poorinternet connection from students, technical issues,and most notably, some students’ attitudes that are notsuitable for online learning. The lecturers alsocontributed some opinions on the regulations of theuniversity on students’ behavior and exams for nonmajor English classes in synchronous online mode.Based on the above results, we propose somesolutions to improve the effectiveness of the program