ENGAGING POSTMETHOD STRATEGIES WHILE TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN/SECOND LANGUAGE IN THE COVID 19 CONTEXT

Abstract

This study is an attempt to relate Kumaravadivelu’spostmethod pedagogy with the present context of teaching remotely in the context of the ongoing pandemic, Covid 19. After analyzing the perceptions of the research sample towards postmethod pedagogy quantitatively, the responses from the participants were qualitatively analyzed to investigate their practices of teaching EFL/ESL online. This mixed method of study explores how the teachers of Kerala working in different educational scenarios have perceived Kumaravadivelu’spostmethodstrategic framework as an approach in their teaching-learning process and how they have employed the macrostrategies of postmethodwhile teaching remotely during the time of Covid 19 pandemic. The ten macrostrategies, based on thethree dimensional system with three pedagogic parameters—particularity, practicality, and possibility—have been studied, investigated and found as relevant for language teaching while teaching remotely or teaching online.