Experiences In Teaching Literature of Malongon Elementary School Teachers During the Pandemic

AUTHOR(S)

REGIN REX S. ADLAWAN

ABSTRACT

—— According to the interviews conducted with the five participants (teachers of Malungon Elementary School), there are various experiences that they have experienced in teaching literature during the pandemic. These are categorized according to the theme that has been developed: the challenges in transportation and communication, difficulty in understanding the lessons, and the outcome of the tasks not being good. In these themes, the voice and experiences of teachers in teaching literature during the pandemic are contained. The teachers found ways to overcome challenges. So, the following are the themes developed for coping mechanisms; acceptance and encouragement, working with colleagues at school, and finding ways to monitor students. These themes are the teacher’s ways to overcome all the difficulties encountered. Participating teachers coped with the challenges through their effort, believing in themselves, unity, and togetherness with their colleagues at school. So, they realized from the events the following insights and the following themes have been developed; difficulty in teaching, quality of learning is low, and poor reading comprehension. It is difficult to teach literature in a modular way. In addition, it is essential for teachers and even at the institutional level to come up with a new strategy and initiative to fill the lack of a modular method, and to be ready and resist any situation in the coming challenges in the world or any eventualities brought by the disease that may hamper the teaching-learning process. The fact that no one knows exactly what the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic is, teachers need to be resilient and prepared always. Keywords — Experiences, Teaching Literature, Pandemic, Modules