Interviews RAW DATA

EVERY JOURNEY STARTS WITH SINGLE STEP; UNFOLDING STORIES OF
ONLINE ENGLISH TEACHERS HANDLING LEARNERS IN AN EFL SETTING
I. Interview Answers
(7 Participants)
*[INTERVIEWER]
Question 1 – WHAT ARE THE EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES THAT

ONLINE TEACHERS ENCOUNTER IN HANDLING ONLINE CLASSES TO EFL
STUDENTS?
PARTICIPANT A:
[Good morning. Ako diay si Angel Grace B. Patonongon. As what I’ve informed sa
imuha last week, we are conducting an undergraduate research with regards to the
experiences of online English teachers and we’re calling you today to ask you some
questions regarding sa imong work as an online English teacher.]
Okay.
[So let’s start. First question. What are the experiences and challenges that online
teachers encounter in handling online classes to EFL students?]
Umm. sa challenges lang yata kay everytime naay power outage
[kana lang?]
and… unsa pa ba lain?... umm internet connection. Struggle kayo ang internet
connection sa online teaching kay dili jud mo magkasinabot sa imong learner.
[aside ana, unsa pa?]
so far kana lang.
PARTICIPANT B:
[Hello. Good morning. Ako diay si Angel Grace B. Patonongon. As what I’ve
informed sa imuha last week, we are conducting an undergraduate research with
regards to the experiences of online English teachers and we’re calling you today to
ask you some questions regarding sa imong work as an online English teacher.]
Okay. Sayon ra man ni no? (laugh)
[Kaya ra jud kaayo ni nimo ma’am. So let’s start. First question. What are the
experiences and challenges that online teachers encounter in handling online
classes to EFL students?]
So far, the challenges that I have experienced kay first is the power outage and then
second is…uhmm the internet connection provider is very poor. Next is…language
barrier. Syempre they have their own language and English is their second language
so sometimes, it is very hard to communicate specially if your students are kids or
underage because they can’t understand what you are saying or telling them…uhm
they can understand naman if you’re going to let them read if they can’t understand
umm…what you are saying to them..and then another challenge for the online
teacher is the distractions in the surroundings like… sometimes saba kayo. That’s
why we have to use noise cancelling mic para dili madungog sa learner and
sometimes sa learner pud…
[What do you mean nga sa “learner pud”?]
Sometimes their surroundings are full of distractions like their toys. Uhhmmm unsa
pa ba? And I think ka na lang.
PARTICIPANT C:
[Hello. Good morning. Ako diay si Angel Grace B. Patonongon. I am a student of

UMDC and as what I’ve informed sa imuha last week, we are conducting an
undergraduate research with regards to the experiences of online English teachers
and we’re calling you today to ask you some questions regarding sa imong work as
an online English teacher.]
Okay. Gamay ra ba ang questions?
[Yes po. Tama-tama lang ma’am and dali lang man pud ni.]
Okay. Sige go.
[First question, what are the experiences and challenges that online teachers
encounter in handling online classes to EFL students?]
First is language barrier, second kay…uuhhmm, the background like noise and the
third is uuhmm…yeah the equipment.
PARTICIPANT D:
[Hello. Good morning ma’am. Thank you so much fortaking part of our research po.
Ako diay si Angel Grace B. Patonongon and currently studying sa UMDC and as
what I’ve told you last, last week po, we are conducting an undergrad research po
and we will ask you some questions with regards sa imong work po.]
Good morning too, Angel. Thank you for having me also as one of your participant.
Sayon raman kaha ang mga questions ani? (laugh)
[Kaya ra jud kaayo nimo ma’am.]
Sige, go.
[okay, first question. What are the experiences and challenges that online teachers
Uhmmm…technically, internet connection and power interruption.
PARTICIPANT E:
[Hello. Good morning. Ako diay si Annaliza Ehara. I am a student of UMDC and as
what I’ve informed sa imuha last week, we are conducting an undergraduate
research with regards to the experiences of online English teachers and we’re
calling you today to ask you some questions regarding sa imong work as an online
English teacher.]
Okay, gora na.
[Okay, first question. What are the experiences and challenges that online teachers
Siguro… uhmm, internet connection. Lisod man gud pag hinay ang connection and
another is power outage…nga-nga jud basta mu brown-out lang ug kalit
[problema jud kaayo pagmubrown-out no?]
pero okay lang man siya if naa kay back up, like imong cellphone, and everything
nga pwedi magamit in case naay power interruption.
PARTICIPANT F:
[Hello. Good morning. Ako diay si May-Anne Tandoy. I am a student of UMDC and
as what I’ve informed sa imuha last week, we are conducting an undergraduate
research with regards to the experiences of online English teachers and we’re
calling you today to ask you some questions regarding sa imong work as an online
English teacher.]
Good morning. Daghan inyong pangutana?
[Gamay ra jud miss and related lang siya sa imuhang job.]
Okay.
[So start na ta miss. First question, what are the experiences and challenges that
online teachers encounter in handling online classes to EFL students?]
Experiences kay kuan…experiences and challenges is kanang makatunong ka ug

students nga underage…kanang murag zero gud…
[what do you mean nga zero?]
walay nahilbal-an nga English words, so challenge na siya for me kay kailangan
nimo sila e guide gyud ug…uhmm, unsa na, slowly gud…
PARTICIPANT G:
[Good morning miss. Ako diay si Angel Grace B. Patonongon. I am currently

studying in UMDC and as what I’ve informed sa imuha last week, we are conducting
an undergraduate research with regards to the experiences of online English
teachers and we’re calling you today to ask you some questions regarding sa imong
work as an online English teacher.]
Okay.
[So let’s start miss.]
Whenever you’re ready miss.
[Okay. First question, what are the experiences and challenges that online teachers
First of all, internet connection problem, language barrier and time management.
Question 1.1 - WHAT DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES YOU

ENCOUNTERED IN HANDLING EFL LEARNERS?
PARTICIPANT A:
[Okay. Next question, what difficulties and challenges you encountered in handling
EFL learners?]
Ang usual nako nga challenge kay kanang…ang studyante kay dili maminaw. Tapos
naa pud uban nga bastos kayo
[unsay pasabot sa “bastos”?]
kanang pangutan on nimo tapos di mutingog. So need jud nimo mu effort para
makuha nimo ang attention sa mga studyante.
[Ah. Okay.]
PARTICIPANT B:
EFL learners?]
Uhmm…The usual issues for me is how you are going to catch the learner’s
attention, because sometimes, learners tend to play their toys although ongoing pa
ang klase. Specially with kids ages 6-8 years old, uhmmm… lisod nimo e catch
ilang attention if they are preoccupied with what’s in their surroundings. Though naa
ilang parents sa ilang side sometimes, they didn’t do anything like badlungon ilang
anak so, it is the teachers effort jud tanan and of course since classes takes place
virtually, so you can’t do anything aside from doing your best to make your learner…
uhmmm, interested.
[aside ana, unsa pa?]
Unsa pa ba? Uhmmm… aside from that siguro internet connection also.
PARTICIPANT C:
EFL learners?]
Challenges…uhmm, just like what I’ve said awhile ago, uhmmm... it is…kanang it’s a
challenge for me if the background is noisy. And also, poor internet connection, like
last month and… katong mga niaging adlaw.
[Importante jud kaayo ang internet connection sa online teaching?]
Internet connection is very important to online teachers kay… naa pud baya nay
bad impact sa amoa. And another is the…uhmmm, everytime the student is not
interested sa topic,so uhmmm…uhmmm… kinahanglan you have to… kanang…
need nimo…kinahanglan nimo mangita napud ug laing way nga makaka-catch sa
ilang attention.
[Okay.]
PARTICIPANT D:
[Alright, Next question, what difficulties and challenges you encountered in handling
EFL learners?]
Challenges?... I think, the most challenging part is how you’re able to handle your
students specially, to those students with zero English, and also…uhmmm to
students who are young, okay, speacially, they have…uhmmm, I mean they have
short attention span… how you’re going to entertain your student, at the same time
you teach them or you are going to,… kana lang.
PARTICIPANT E:
[Next question, what difficulties and challenges you encountered in handling EFL
learners?]
I hate ano .. zero ug mga beginners gani kapoyan ko. Mga beginners kay kapoy kay
sila tudluan kay zero English kailangan jud kag time dili jud kabalo specially kids like
maka handle kog 2 years old, oh kinsa may ganahan ana mutudlo ug two years old.
[Mao bitaw. 2 years old? Naa diay two years old?]
Oh ang uban dili kabalo naa.. naa jud na ma meet na nimu naa puy uban na mga
tigulang na mga rude. Naa diay two years old diay di pajud na kakuan lisod jud kay
nang two years old.. ohh mama mama ka.
[Ah. Okay. Naa jud diay ingana nga scenario ni?]

Yes jud. Labad kaayo.
PARTICIPANT F:
[Okay. Next question, what difficulties and challenges you have encountered in
handling EFL learners?]
Kuan, experiences and challenges is kanang makatunong ka ug students nga

underage… kanang level zero.
[Unsay level zero miss?]
walay nabal-an nga English words. So, challenge sa for me kay, kailangan nimo sila
e guide jud ug hmmm, unsa gane na… slowly gud kay wala man silay natun-an nga
word. Kasagaran sa ilaha kay mag parroting lang, magsuo-suon lang sa imong sulti,
unya as a teacher,para naa silay matun-an, dapat imo jung ipasabot sa ilaha in a
simple way… dapat basic word, dapat kanang dali lang nila masabtan. Mao nay
challenge for me.
[Okay.]
PARTICIPANT G:
EFL learners?]
Just like what I’ve said earlier, struggle jud sa online teaching ang internet
connection and also uhmmm language barrier…specially pag ang bata is kanang,
kanang kuan gud, dili kasabot ug English.
[Ah. Okay.]
Question 1.2 – WHAT ARE THE USUAL ISSUES THAT YOU HAD MET IN
HANDLING EFL LEARNERS?
PARTICIPANT A:
[Okay. Let’s proceed. What are the usual issues that you had met in handling EFL
learners?]
Kuan… sa akoa kay personal feelings.
[What do you mean anang personal feelings sir?]

Kanang sa akoa nga feelings…kuan kanang sige na bitaw ug balik-balik ang

situation…so medjo mura na siya ug boring. . Actually bag-o lang jud ko nagonline
teaching kay ang plano jud unta is mag abroad Japan tapos didto magteach but then
niabot man si COVID so ayon tambay and kapoy tambay kaya nagonline teaching
ko… pero before that di jud ko ganahan kay o-eyhan jud kaayo ko. (chuckle)… As
an online teacher, para sa akoa,… kanang sa akoa lang huh, ang challenge jud sa
akoa kay kanang dili ko mabored…uhmmm, dili dapat maboring ang klase maskin
balik-balik na ang set-up… ana… tapos kanang maghunahuna napud ka ug unsa
napud imong gamiton nga approach karon na class kay balik-balik napud…kanang
ing-ana gud.
[Ah. Balik-balik lang diay usually inyong topic po?]
Yes, so maghunahuna napud ka unsa napud strategy gamiton nimo karon para
lively ang klase…tapos isa pud diay nga difficulty nako kay kanang…ang kuan
bitaw…kanang..uhmmm…tawag ana oi…ay…kuan kanang materials…kanang
murag IMs ba kung sa face to face pa nga klase…usahay dili mu-match sa edad sa
imong learner, so kinahanglan jud ka mu-effort pa jud ug maayo…so mao lang na…
bag-o paman pud gud ko ani and wala pud jud unta ni sa akong plano. (chuckle)…
so mao to.
[Okay.]
PARTICIPANT B:
EFL learners?]
Uhmmm, for me the usual issues kay,uhmmm…first is internet connection, and then,
next is, the materials. You have to be prepared so usual difficulties na siya for me
and of course, the learners. Uhmmm…you have to…uhmmm, make your learners
interested in your class and aside from that, it is also a challenge uhmmm, kanang
you have underage learners, which is mga usual learners nga nagabook jud.
Uhmmmm, naa man pud mga adult. I have taught an adult na pud and some are
already professionals na like doctor, businessman, and basta mga professional.
Their problem is…uhmmm, they can read English naman pero they have difficulties
in understanding the sentence.Uhmmm, naa koy na learner nga businessman and…
uhmmm, syempre ma-pressure pud ka gamay kay mga begaten kaayo besh no
(laugh)… They are, uhmmm… unsa na, kanang… uhmmm, hawud in terms of
writing but, they have difficulties in understanding English kung sa speaking and
aside pud ana…though they are adult already, they have uhmmm… difficulties in
expressing themselves using English language kay… just like us, English is their
second language also so maskin professional na sila, they have trouble in
expressing themselves in English… Pero usually jud, kids man akong learners so
the usual issue anis a ilaha kay how to catch their attention jud… Maskin naa pa na
ilang parents sa kilid, wa ra jud na silay pakialam besh…unya si learner kay daghan
kaayo ug distraction sa iyang palibot like mga toys…so lisod jud e catch ilang
attention specially that some of them are 6 to 8 years old pa lang…ay… naa pa
gane ko na studyante nga 3 years old and 4 years old tapos level 0…mao lang jud
ang lisod pag level zero kay di jud sila kasabot ug English maskin gamay. Pero ang
usual jud kay catching the attention of the learners jud apecially kanang daghan
kaayo ug distraction… and also mga vocabularies pud diay…because some of the
learners are not that good in understanding the second language, so naay time nga
dili nila masabtan ang isa ka word so as a teacher…uhmmm, you have to look for
words, similar meaning ato nga word, nga easy lang nila sabton.
PARTICIPANT C:
Uhmmm… struggling in capturing the student’s attention…that’s my first, specially if

level zero ang student. Next, if sa teenagers, uhmmm… kuan… uhmmm, their…
kanang way of communicating…uhmmm, they can express but the thought…we can
understand the thought but the grammar…the…basta grammar, ang fluency… is
naa jud dira…mao jud na ilang struggle. Then second, kay… kuan, uhmmm, naa
pud, murag somehow is the same pud sa first, is ang… kuan jud ang ilahang…
ilahang ilang bar… ang language jud…is kanang…mao jud na isa sa mga struggle
jud kay… second language man gud nila nang English, so ma…ma-ano jud nila
ba… ma…ma… if mag-express sila is naa juy… naa juy times na ma-bring nila
ilahang… ilang native language…mao nay isa sa difficulties nga imong ma-kuan…
tapos dili sila kasabot ug… ug…English jud so kinahanglan jud ka mugamit ug la…
ug kanang gestures and...and realias…ug kanang anything nga makasabot sila.
PARTICIPANT D:
I think the most usual issue for me and is very challenging part of being an online
teacher also, is how you are going to teach your students with zero English level…
and also to those students that is…that are young, okay because they have short
attention span so you…you’re going to think of ways on how you’re going to
entertain them at the same time, you…can achieved your learning goals or objective
in that particular class.
PARTICIPANT E:
Like I’ve said a while ago, di jud ko ganahan mag-magklase ug mga ing-ana, like
underage, mga ing-ana ug edad… Lisod kaayo magtudlo jud ug mga studyante nga
zero English jud. Wa jud word nga English nabal-an. Mao jud na akong usually na
issue.
PARTICIPANT F:
Wala man jud koy uhmm kanang usual issues kay uhmmm, usually man gud sa
students nako kay regular napud so, murag nasanay na sila sa akoa the way ko
magteach, and usually pud sa akong students is kanang… mutuman rapud sila kung
unsa akong iingon, unsa akong instruction e follow nila, mao lang.
PARTICIPANT G:
English barrier uhmmm… language barrier, its because, English dapat?
[pwedi ra bisaya te.]
Kay uhmmm, not all…uhmmm, dili tanan bata or other nationalities know even basic
English so they are uhmmm mao nang hard sa ilaha or lisod sa ilaha mo understand
bisan simple instructions like circle, underline, like that. Ana.
Questions 1.3 – WHAT MAKES YOU MOTIVATED TO PURSUE ONLINE

TEACHING DESPITE THE EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED?
PARTICIPANT A:
Of course, money… (laugh)… kapoy kaayo ug tambay sa balay oi unya hurot na

akong kwarta…hahahahaha…dili paman madayon ang plano jud so…hahahaha…
tambay.x lang sa tapos work gamay… tapos pag hurot na ang money balik napud
work…(laugh) …pwedi raman ka magclose ug schedules nimo so ako everytime…

kanang dili nako feel or boring…or usahay kapoy..uhmm, di sa ko nagaopen ug
class.
PARTICIPANT B:
Uhmmm what makes me motivated is kanang… first is, of course the salary and
aside from that, it is in line with my profession so uhmmm, kana. And then I can
practice my command in English so kana…Uhmmm unsa pa ba? Uhmm of course
you have to love your job in order for kanang, makapadayon gud ka, kay this job jud
is…is kanang… requires a lot of patience jud. And very fulfilling pud siya sa feeling
everytime uhmm a learner can learn something new from you…although di man jud
nako masure kung naa ba jud silay nalearn (chuckle) …kay of course some of them
are underage or level zero so lisod jud… You have to stay optimistic jud para
makapursue ka ani nga uuhh job.
PARTICIPANT C:
First is, align man gud siya sa akong…is align siya sa akoang…sa akoang uhmmm
career…align siya. Isa pa kay mapraktis nako akong English, then secondly,
honestly speaking,is ang…ang…ang kuan jud… ang salary na among maget.
[ay dako jud diay?]
Its kanang…dili jud ka makaingon na… na kanang… na baba.. so makakakuha mi

ug salary na kanang…taas jud siya na rate ba. Tapos ang isa pa kay naa ra mi sa
balay ba, specially karon pandemic so… we can still earn money, so kana.
PARTICIPANT D:
What keeps me motivated? Uhh, honestly, it is very hard, okay, it requires uhh, it
requires patience and as a teacher, one of the good qualities of a teacher is you are
passionate of what you are doing, so whenever I encountered this kind of issues and
problems, I always think of role, I always think, “why?” … “Why am I here?”, because
I want,.. I want to give learning, I want to teach them, so despite of these uhmmm
difficulties and challenges, okay my passion helps me to go through,okay helps me
to surpass these challenges.
PARTICIPANT E:
because of money.because of… syempre because of money jud. Because of the

salary.
PARTICIPANT F:
As a teacher uhh, kanang mamotivate ka magteach nila bisan balungon gud sila
kay, at the end of the day parang...makahappy gud, makagaan siya sa feelings,
kanang naa kay students nga nakakat-on sa imuha, bisan pag para sa imuha dili to
siya hawd pagkatudlo…dili to siya hawd pagkatudlo oi, pero naa japon silay natun-
an sa imuha, makamotivate siya bisan simple ra kaayo imong pagtudlo, unya
magabalik-balik gud sila sa imuha.
PARTICIPANT G:
Salary and comfort from home.
Question 2 – HOW DO ONLINE TEACHERS COPE WITH THE CHALLENGES

THAT GO WITH THEIR JOB AS ONLINE TEACHERS TO EFL LEARNERS?
PARTICIPANT A:
Kuan lang jud… dapat taas ka ug pasensya…ana ra jud na…maskin lami na kaayo
mamalikas…(laugh) …ngise-ngise lang gihapon. Kanang lami najud kaayo
balikason ug maayo…usahay lami najud kaayo ingnon nga “piste kang bataa ka!”…
pero smile lang jud ka gihapon. Kaysa mawad an ka ug trabaho.
PARTICIPANT B:
If they’ll not participate of course, di man jud nimo ma… makuan, naa man jud
distraction sa palibot specially, this kind of way, this kind of teaching kay face-to-face
lang man mo, so what I always do is that, uhmmm, ginatry nako na…na gina…
ginacapture ilang attention like by using some uhmmm, props like mga…mga ice-
cream, char-char lang gud, ana, so ginatry nako… ginatry nako na energetic pud ko
para…para makuan sila “ay si teacher, energetic kaayo si teacher ba, maminaw ko.”
So ginatry nako ug kuan, specially kids three to eight years old… naa man gane
nine dili maminaw. So mao jud akong ginatry jud nako sila ug e capture ang
attention by using props, kay mao man jud nay uhh one way of capturing of their
attention. Their attentions diay…daghan diay sila.
PARTICIPANT C:
Uhmmm maskin ang learner dili maminaw kay is…it’s a big job of the teacher jud, so
to cope na…uuhhh…na para sa mga learner nga dili mukuan uhmmm kanang, firstly
is, dapat ano jud dapat… ikaw mismo positive jud ka so, kung dili jud sila maminaw
so try to capture their attention through songs tapos…ka na.
PARTICIPANT D:
How do I cope? Uhmmm, I think by just being passionate lang jud. As a teacher you
should be passionate in teaching and everything will follow smoothly,okay, though
some learners are uhh not showing interest in learning with you uhh, just encourage
them so, you just have to have passion to surpass those difficulties.
PARTICIPANT E:
Uhmmm, patience lang jud… para dili ka mastress. Ay, dili man jud na malikayan
kay… there are students specially uhhh kanang kuan gud, kanang underage, di jud
maminaw. Kung wa jud ka ana, awww mastress jud ka. Ana lang.
PARTICIPANT F:
Be patient. Hmmm, dapat taas jud ka ug pasensya jud nga magtudlo sa mga
studyante labi nag underage imong tudluan. Unya mao to, dapat taas jud ka ug
pasensya, kay naa pud koy experience before new palang gud ko, nga ano… hawud
jud siguro to siya muEnglish but then, ang kong naencounter, wala siya nitingog
nako…then, the whole ano jud… as in wala jud mi nagklase. Kay duha man iyang
gehbook nga class so one hour mi nagklase, igo ra siya nagreet sa akoa and after
that wala na siya nitingog so, ako, obligado ko nga mutudlo niya maskin wala siya
nitingog, ao ako lang nagstorya.x. wala jud as in wala. Sa iyang side kay wala jud
siyay camera, wala nitingog.
[pwedi diay nang ing-ana, kanang wala naka on ang cam tapos dili mutingog?]
Ato man gud is wala ko kabalo nga kanang , bawal diay na siya kay bag-o paman
gud ko ato nga time, pero as long as kay nitingog man siya so kablo ko nga naa siya
naminaw siya sa akoa, so nagpadayon lang jud ko ato sa akong klase. Dapat taas
jud ka ug pasensya kay makairita pud baya, noh? As in kapoy jud siya. Syempre
naa gud kay questions nga ihatag unya unsaon niya pagtubag nga dili man siya
mutubag, di ba? Di siya muanswer, di pud nimo mabal-an iyang expression kay di
man nimo makita kung nakasabot ba siya or wala. Syempre nagdagan pud ang oras
dili lang pud ka mag-abang lang sa iyaha.
PARTICIPANT G:
Dapat you invest sa imong mga back-ups like phone, headset, internet connection,
uhmmm…generators, learn basic English ay… basic language sa imong ginatudluan
so that so that naa kay kanang, magkatag po mo sa isa main goal.
Question 2.1 – HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO COPE EVERY TIME YOUR
LEARNER WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN YOUR CLASS?
PARTICIPANT A:
Uhmmm…pag di sila maminaw aw…bahala sila… (laugh)… bitaw, e try jud nimo ug
kuha ilang interest and then once makuha na nimo kay maminaw naman na sila…
[pero tong bag-o palang ka?]
pero tong bag-o pako nagsugod ani kay, lisod jud oi. Kanang unsaon nimo sila
pagengage sa imong klase…pero once kuan naka…uhmmm, makakita ra ka ug
situation along the way…kanang masanay naka, dali nalang siya. Repetition ra jud
ang mahitabo…balik-balik lang ang situation, muteach ka ,ang bata dili maminaw,
kuhaon napud nimo iyang attention, then balik napud mo sa topic. Ana lang…
maanad ra ka kadugayan. Pero sa ako…(laugh)…hilig jud baya ko ug, kabalo naka,
joke-joke…mga humour-humour…ing-ana. Or usahay magshow ka ug mga
materials like… kanang ice-cream or star… basta mga ing-ana… pero sa akoa
usually, humor-humor jud na. (chuckle)…
PARTICIPANT B:
Kato, uhmmm, just like what I’ve said a while ago, you need to be energetic para
maenganyo jud imong learner. Uhmmm, catch their attention using the props, like
ice-cream, star, and uban pa…like, okay I’ll give you an ice-cream if you can do this,
say this, ana. Mao jud na. You have to uhmmm excert an effort jud para…para
macatch nimo ang ilang attention. Just like I said earlier, ginatry jud nako ug
uhmmm, capture ilang attention pag dili sila maminaw specially, pag daghan kaayo
ug distractions sa ilang palibot, mao jud na ang usually nga mahitabo…ana.
PARTICIPANT C:
Uhmmm listening… like listening to their… kanang naa man gud na silay usahay
kung dili sila maminaw is naa jud na silay ginabuhat, so ako kay kuan usahay,
ginapasagdaan nako sila (laugh)…ginapasagdan lang nako sila tapos pagkahuman
kay…after mahuman sila kay ako is uhh…uhmmm, basically jud kay maminaw lang
pud ko. Kuan maminaw lang ko sa ilaha. Tapos pagkahuman kay if dili jud sila…ug
di jud nako kaya ilang kuan, kung di sila maminaw is… magkuan lang ko, mag-
imagine lang ko (laugh)… like uhh…kanang mag-imagine ko ug mga butang ba nga
dili ko ma-stress like unsa akong buhaton like…hmmm..pero kung suko najud kaayo
ko kay kuan…gina-ignore nako sila… gina… gina-ignore nako sila, tapos ginatry
nako nga mahuman sila sa mga bagay nga ilang buhaton…pananglitan magdula.
Pagmagdula is…dulaan pud nako sila, ana.
[tapos ang time? Di ba 25 minutes lang man?]
Bahala sila 25 mins raman na sila. Either ano man gud na… uhmmm uhmmm…
kung maminaw sila is…kung maminaw sila, maayo. Pero kung dili, e try nimo imong
best nga maminaw sila…kuhaon jud nimo ilang attention.So magamit jud ka ug mga
butang nga ma-enjoy nila, pero pag…pagma-stress ko kay kuan lang…gina…
ginahunahuna lang nako na…na…ginahunahuna lang nako na 25 minutes lang ni,
tapos, naa ra na sila dira sa… virtual ra ni…ing-ana ba…(chuckle)…after ani
mukaon ra ko (laugh)…magbuhat ra ko sa mga butang nga gusto buhaton like
listening to music, watching Korean dramas and animes, like that.
PARTICIPANT D:
Dapat ug dili magparticipate ang bata, you need to encourage student to talk about
like their interest, after that balik ka sa lesson, pero uhh, murag lisod siya usahay
kay limit ang time… usahay di pud sila muparticipate kay wala sila kasabot.
PARTICIPANT E:
wala pasagdaan lang nako sila importante mahuman nako ang 25 minutes. Its not
my lost… kay ako bisan pa dili sila maminaw bayad ko. Pero naay uban na kanang
kuan jud kanang interesado jud sila…
[maminaw jud sila?]
oh daghan oy most time is interesado man specially adult.
[Ahh mga adult kanang mga kuan naa pud nay mga business man ana na makuan
nimu?]
Oh mga doctor naka handle nakog doctor mga professor kanang mga professional
kaayo. Daghan jud kaayo… ah kana kay dili kaayo na sila lisod kanang e handle. Oy
pero makuyawan ka ba kay basi bright kaayo daghan kaayog question.
[Ay daghan diay sila mga follow-up question?]
Oh naay mga in-ana example naay muingun unsa ni na word unya ikaw wala pud
ka kasabot .
PARTICPANT F:
Kuan lang, padayon lang jud sa imong lesson then mangita pud ka ug kanang…
kanang maka-hook gud sa ilang attention bahalag kadiyot lang jud kaayo nga
attention. Mangita jud ka ug way.
[nagapadula pud ka?]
Dilli pud ko nagapadula, magstay lang jud ko didto sa lesson. Example, naa kay
stuff toys, imong ipakita sa ilaha then di japon sila interested, magsige nalang jud na
sila ug dula, naa jud times na di jud sila maminaw nimo, pero mag sige sila ug
storya, ginafollow nila unsa imong gina-ingon. So nagalisten japon sila sa imuha.
Maminaw sila pero naa silay laing gibuhat.
[lisod jud diay siya noh?]
Lisod jud kay dili man nimo sila mapitol, dili nimo sila mabadlong.
[diba naa man uban nga na ilang parents sa tapad? Di diay nila badlungon?]
Naa jud pud uban nga maskin naa ilang mama sa kilid di jud maminaw. Mag-agad
nalang jud ka sa oras nga unta mahuman na ni.
PARTICIPANT G:
Laluma ato oy, unsa to?
[How did you manage everytime your learner will not participate in your class?]
Smile! You have no choice but to smile until the end of 25 minutes.
Question 2.2 – HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THE STRUGGLES THAT YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCED IN ONLINE TEACHING HANDLING EFL LEARNERS?
PARTICIPANT A:
Uhmmm…sa akoa kay kanang kuan…break sa… di pa-apekto sa stress. Pero pag
ma-stress nako kay, take a break…di pud nako gina-stress akong kaugalingon oy…
(chuckle) Pero bitaw… pag-mastress ko kay break sa jud ko…pahuway jud…pwedi
raman magclose ug sched so gina close nako akong sched
[pila pud ka hours nimo gina close?]
…mga pila ka days pud nako gina-close… balik pag-ubos napud ang money (laugh)
PARTICIPANT B:
So there are like uhmmm several, uhh its not several, a few, like difficulties,
struggles nga imong maencounter sa ing-ani nga teaching kay, for example kay, if
imong internet kay nagkabuang, so dapat before ka muenter sa imong class, you
need to check your equipment like teaching tools, like your internet of course, your
computer if they are in a good condition, imong mga headset and everything…so
ana jud no para prepared kaayo ka, ngise-ngise na dayon ka sulod na…ngise
nalang ka sa studyante…and then uhmmm, of course for the language barrier,
syempre second language jud baya na nila so naa jud mga bata nga dili kaayo sila
ka-express sa ilang thoughts sa English so, imong…imong gina… imong gina…
ginatry ug pasabot sa ilaha ug kanang in a simpliest way, like imong…imong,
uhmmm ang question pwedi man nimo e paraphrase in a simpliest way para
masabtan nila. Kung di jud sila kasabot jud na so, pwedi man nimo e type. Naamay
pag e type nimo mutranslate ug Chinese… hmm para masabtan jud nila. And then if
naa silay mga mali, uhh try to correct them, like correct lang pud in a polite way,
ayaw pud “mali mani imuha!” dili jud dapat. Dapat kay, “okay, thank you. Nice try.”
“Yeah. You can say like this” or “you should say like this.”ana… tapos for
distractions, of course, daghan kaayo ug distractions specially bata, naay mga
dulaan, ing-ana, everything, specially kung naay noise. Usually nako ng ginabuhat
kay, uhmm, ginatry nako ug uhhh… kay naa man gud toy gitudlo sa amoa nga
muingon ka ug “hands no toys, hands no toys” so that means nga dili dapat sila
magdula or mag-gunit ug toys while nagklase, ana, pero dili japon makaligtaan oi,
ako lang ginakuan ilang attention, ngise-ngise, (chuckle)… bahala kang studyanteha
ka dira.chaarr lang… ginakuan lang gud gihapon, ginatry nimo ug,uhmmm using
your like uhh props and… mga gamit nimo.
PARTICIPANT C:
Uhmm, unlike kambal man gud, patay man gud na siya… mura na siyag…mura na
siyag nagbuhi ug pito ka pamilya pero ako kay kuan lang…uhmmm… kuan
ko,pananglitan…uhmm naga-take ko ug break. For example, uhh…uhmmm, na ra
koy five students so ang stress nako ana nilang five kay e…e…e e kuan nako na
siya sa break nako. For example, mag-take ko ug break for five minutes to…ay…to
thirty minutes. Thirty minutes taas, dako na kaayo na time, usually akong ginabuhat
is… for example, I love make ups. So kanang naga…naga-fix ko sa akong
kaugalingon ana ba. Kanang gina-try nako ug lingaw akong kaugalingon, para
mawala ang stress… naga-escape ko through sa…uhhmm mga butang nga gusto
nako buhaton. Take a break jud and relax.
PARTICIPANT D:
Okay, being an online teacher requires a lot of effort, and patience. So for me, I
think, uhh, passion lang jud. If you have the passion then you have the patience also
to pursue this kind of job. The more patience you have, the more uhh you have the
chances to overcome those struggles, and …so, uhh as you go along, you can
manage every situations na rin.
PARTICIPANT E:
kuan ang akong mga experienced kay I learned from my ano I learned from my
mistake okay like for example kanang.. kanang naa koy mahimo run nga murag dili
mao so next time kay kabalo nako unsay himuon.
PARTICIPANT F:
Maanad na lang ka. Maanad na ka sa imong routine gud. Kay everyday man jud
nang teaching. Maanad nalang ka sa ilang batasan,example naa kay new student, di
naka magexpect nga good ilang pagtreat sa imuha kay lain-lain man silag batasan.
For the technical issues naman, ang struggles nako ana kay, labi na si Globe (laugh)
… usually,uhh actually, first nako diria sa online teaching, akoa jung struggle kay
kaning internet unya, karon kay, naa naman koy back-up, so okay na siya. Sa
dihang, ako napud struggle ka si Kuryente. Si Dasureco (laugh)… kay mukalit ug
brown-out unya usahay dugay siya mubalik, panangltan noh, example naa naka sa
klase unya mubrown-out, then dugay ka makabalik, then makapenalty ka mao nay
sakit kaayo sa buot kay dako baya kaayo ang penalty, unya di sila mudawat ug
excuse… so okay lang unta kung late kay tres pesos ra ang ano…ang penalty, pag-
absent man gud kay three hundred, unya nag imong sweldo kay sengkwenta kapin
ra, saysenta kapin so alkanse kaayo ka, di ba? So bale upat na na ka klasehan kung
makapenalty ka, mao nang dapat naa jud kay back-up. Karon kay naa naman koy
back-up bahalag brown-out naa man koy cellphone himuong spot… kay naa naman
koy internet, inig brown-out, naa namay power-bank akong modem, didto nalang so
okay ra ang internet, ang suga lang. Naay one time nga gikataw-an ko sa akong
studyante kay, mura daw ko ug ungo (laugh)… kay nag nagfocus bitaw ang
flashlight sa akoang dagway so mura siya ug… sinaw kaayo unya ngit-ngit kaayo
ang palibot, kataw-an ra pud ko nimo. Naregular naman nuon pud nako to siya, so
kay ra.
PARTICIPANT G:
When I received my first salary, uhhh, even if, kana ganing, stressful ang work yet
uhhh naa raka sa imong balay and then dako imuhang sweldo and then kanang
makita nimo imong students nga nagprogress, even if kanang, at first struggle kaayo
sa ilaha ang kanang, pagtuon sa new language but maka-award sila sa school,
maka achieve sila ug something, dako na kaayo siya ug part sa akoa.
[So bali kanang, murag ginatake nalang nimo ug positive ang imong kuan even
though stress na kaayo?]
Oh. Yes!
Question 2.3 – WHAT STRATEGIES OR COPING MECHANISM YOU HAVE USED

TO DEAL THOSE STRUGGLES?
PARTICIPANT A:
Dili magpadala sa stress. Pareha sa akong giingon ganina…kanang kung

magpadala man gud ka kay ikaw ra gihapon luoy kay ikaw man ang online
teacher… at the end of the day, sa evaluation ra ka dauton kung magpadala ka…
[naa diay ing ana? I mean evaluation sa online teacher?]
Uhmmm… naa man gud evaluation himuon ang learner after sa class, tapos ang
online teacher pud after sa klase kay magbuhat pud ug lesson memo…
[unsa nang lesson memo?]
lesson memo kay…uhmmm, didto nimo ibutang kung unsa lang ang nadiscuss
ninyo…so mao to, di lang jud magpadala sa stress (chuckle).
PARTICIPANT B:
For me, uhmmm kuan man gud usahay, sunod-sunod ang klase so, syempre naa
man juy mga bata nga maglagot na jud ka so, oh, kana ganing…I always try uhh my
best to be like well-prepared when I’m going to like when… I’m going to have
classes kay, you know you should be well-prepared when you uhh… uhh kana
ganing kung magklase ka kay, syempre kung dili ka prepared so naa juy mga
tendency nga dili ka ka-manage sa imong kalagot ana ana. So dapat well-prepared
ka, just like enjoy and then, alangan di man jud kaligtaan so expect najud ka nga
naa juy bata nga dili maminaw so try to…to uhh kana ganing ugali relax, e enjoy
lang nimo imong kuan, ug di sila maminaw ahh, ikaw kay…as long as you do your
part as a teacher, so ing-ana, so of course etry jud nimo nga e capture ilang
attention para mukuan,So I always make sure uhh that well –prepared to have
classes, so kana lang.
PARTICIPANT C:
Basically, pag nag…di ba daghan man jud ug struggle…actually, honestly speaking,

daghan jud ug struggle nga maface sa EFL students…sa EFL classes, so ako kay
if…if kanang…feeling nako ma-depress nako…actually na-depress man jud ko…uhh
(chuckle) inig ma-stress ko, usahay kay naa jud time na…uhh… naa jud time nga
nihilak ra ko…kana ganing muhilak ra ka pagkahuman maulian ra ka (chuckle)…
yes…uhmm. Ipagawas lang nako tanan akong kalagot pananglitan…uhmmm. Pero
everytime man gud na ma-stress ko kay, ambot lang, magkanta-kanta ra ko…
kanang maminaw ra ko ug music jud. Mao jud na akong kuan, stress reliever or
mutan-aw ug anime. Karon man gud nga kuan kay naga-anime ra ko…tapos
uhmmm, tapos unsa pa…ay… ginatry nako ug relax akong kaugalingon, so ma to
siya. Dapat positive jud…uhhmm dili magpadala sa stress…like kanang kuan… for
example sa akoa is naga kuan jud ko uhmm buhat ug way para…uhmmm dili kaayo
ko mastress, so ana lang.
PARTICIPANT D:
Uhmmm, For coping mechanism? Coping mechanism nako kay patience, passion
and creavity ra jud. Try to…okay, patas-an pa jud ang patience and when the
learner is not interested so, being creative in a way that the learners will engaged
themselves in the class.
PARTICIPANT E:
kuan lang jud, dapat kuan jud kanang basta murag wala ko kaagi ay. Unsa ang mga
coping strategies nako?
[Oh murag in ana ba.. mga strategies na ma cope nimu ang…]
Ang akong mga strategies ay unsa to akong mga strategies and struggle? Kanang
dapat kuan jud ka… nga dili jud ka magpadala gyud sa imong emotions especially
sa mga students kanang mga badlungon , dili jud ka magpadala kay kung mag pa
dala jud ka , nya masuko naka ug mo complaints sila ikaw ra man japon luoy …
oohh unya mo reflect sa imuha and e review imong kuan method.
PARTICIPANT F:
Mag… uhh… katong sa internet and katong sa connection, dapat naa jud kay
always back-up. Dapat naa kay ready nga load.
[How about sa kanang, let say…kanang how… everytime kanang kuan, kanang,
tawag ana oi… you’re going to start or before you start your class, how are you
going to prepare your self?]
Review the lesson, uhh pero pag ano lang na siya, pag higher level na siya…
kailangan jud nimo siya e review kay naa bayay times nga dili,… wala ka kabalo ani
nga word, wala ka kabalo ani nga kuan, naa man guy usual nga topic sa English…
kanang sa online gud, business. Syempre atoang course diba teacher so uhh wala
kaayo tay alamag anang business, so dapat studyhan jud siya before sa klase. Naa
puy usahay nga example, late sila nag ano…nag book imong class so ura-urada jud
noh,
[pwedi diay na? naa diay ing-ana?]
naa jud ing-ana, sudden book, so syempre di ka kastudy sa ilahang lesson, dapat
imuha lang jud sabton imuhang lesson uhh diha sa imong actual nga klase (laugh)…
kung pwedi magdala ka ug cellphone para sa dictionary para prepared ka. Kay
nakaencounte nako ana before first, sa una tong bag-o pagud ko, daghan kaayo ko
ug mga kuan, higher level nga students, bag-o paman unta ko so, permenti ko naay
tapad nga dictionary (laugh)… kay ngano? Kanang…kanang pina-abtik gud nga
type-type, unsa mani nga word, kay wala ka kabalo kung unsa na nga word, so
dapat pinaspasay jud, ana lang pud, kung unsa tong naa sa dictionary, Imo lang e
elaborate ug taman para mas masabtan niya… prepared lang jud ka dapat.
[So dapat, physically prepared jud k, and vocabulary prepared?]
oo. (chuckle)
PARTICIPANT G:
Show some paraphernalias, realias, uhmmm… makilevel ka sa ilahang energy nga

naa… and then, smile… kay even though lami na kaayo sila kumuton, no choice. Dili
ka-kakumot kay naa sila sa atubangan sa computer.
Question 3 – WHAT VALUABLE INSIGHTS DO ONLINE TEACHERS LEARN AND

CAN SHARE TO OTHERS WHO ARE ON THE SAME PROFESSION?
PARTICIPANT A:
Kinahanglan jud patas-an pa jud ang pasensya kay kani nga trabaho…uhmmm,
kinahanglan jud ug taas nga patience. Labaw na pag mga bata ang imong tudluan…
so pasensya ra jud…dapat taas.x jud ka ug pasensya.
PARTICIPANT B:
Uhmm I’ve learned a lot. Specially like uhmmm, in handling different students,
because they have different personalities also, so of course naay maminaw, naay
dili so kailangan very flexible ka sa mga ing ana and then of course, time. Yes.
Value your time much because every second is… is important, naa gane sa among
classroom every second, every hour. (laugh) charoot. Bitaw very important , you
should be on time… because they are very particular with their time and they are
very alike…kuan kaayo sila sa ilang time ba.ana.
PARTICIPANT C:
My valuable lesson jud is…uhmmm …kanang…EFL classes is somehow the same

lang man pud sa classroom setting, it’s just like one-on-one lang so, akoang…
akoang…uhmmm akoang kanang lessons na naget is, it’s not easy to…to…to
handling uhmm foreign students, specially kay lahi-lahi mo ug…lahi-lahi mo ug
kanang…lahi-lahi mo ug beliefs, lahi-lahi mo ug culture, specially sa language, lahi-
lahi jud. So uhmm the…the lesson that I’ve get…charooot (laugh)… is kuan kanang,
loving your students uhh the way nga kanang ma-achieved pud nimo ang gusto pud
nila nga goal ba, so dapat uhmm you have the same goal pud sa imong student,
specially sa ilang parents kay ang… valuing time pud…time jud…uhmm grabe ang
Chinese jud, time conscious jud kaayo na sila. Concious jud kaayo na sila tapos,
pagkahuman…uhmmm…uhmmm, kanang sila man gud mura na silag kuan ba,
mura silag kanang mga dagko na ba na mga kuan kay uhmmm, naka-schedule na
everytime sa silang orasan, so ang lessons nga akong naget is kanang kuan
uhmmm, be…be on time, tapos fix your goal, ana ba kay ing-ana man pud gud sila
so dapat makafix pud sila sa ilang goal and ikaw pud as a teacher mafix pud nimo
imong goal, tapos, within the allotted time dapat mahimong fruitful imong klase,
tapos sila dapat naay na-learn, at the same time, mura jud siyag uhmm classroom
setting kay it’s not… it’s not the teacher lang man ang nagahatag ug knowledge,
although, the students man pud kay naa man puy mga lessons gud na…na it’s not…
ang EFL teacher man gud is not about grammar man gud, all about lang jud ana
always, kuan man pud gud, naa man pud mga lessons na about life, about history,
so ikaw pud as…as a foreign teacher so makagets pud ka ug … makakuha pud ka
ug mga lessons sa ilahang kuan, uhmmm culture.
PARTICIPANT D:
There are lots of lesson that you can get in this kind of job. For me, I’ve learned to
embrace and love this job. Though there are many struggles along the way,
specially if your dealing with level zero learners, you can find ways uhh,okay, you
can find solution as the time goes by. Just trust the process and do your best.
PARTICIPANT E:
Lesson that I learn from this kind of job? Uhmmm, kanang kuan… like what I’ve said
earlier, need lang jud patas-an imong pasensya. If you want to enter in this kind of
uhmmm job, you need to uhhh kanang, patas-an jud imong patience.
[aside sa patience te, naa pa?]
Uhmmm, for me kay murag kana jud nag pinaka-importante man gud. Ana.
PARTICIPANT F:
Struggle man jud ang online teaching but then, naa man gud kay matun-an, labi na
kung higher level na…unsaon nimo pag handle sa different level sa students, unsa
imong dapat buhaton if ever makaencounter ka ng ano…problem. Nationalities pud
nila, naa pud kay matun-an sa culture nila, labi na sa lesson, sa business… maskin
ikaw teacher, maskin ikaw nagtudlo nila, murag nakashare gud ka ug knowledge sa
ilaha unsaon paghandle ani nga business.
PARTICIPANT G:
Patience is a virtue, and then, investment is very important uhhh because online
teaching is like a business, if dili nimo siya e love, if dili nimo siya investsan ug dako
nga capital, so everything is useless, so yon lang.
Question 3.1 – WHAT VALUABLE LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM

YOUR EXPERIENCES IN ONLINE TEACHING HANDLING EFL LEARNERS?
PARTICIPANT A:
Uhmmm, need jud ang taas nag pasensya.uhmm, unsa pa ba lain?...Uhmmm, as

an online teacher kay need pud nimo maging humble…I mean, dili pasabot nga ikaw
ang teacher kay kabalo naka tanan kay maskin dili kaayo sila kabalo mu-English,
daghan japon ka ug matun-an. Tapos…as an online teacher pud… uhmmm,
kinahanglan hunahunaon nimo nga there is always room for improvement…
uhmmm, mao lang jud na akong ginahunahuna kay kabalo naka, bag-o pa ko ani…
so ana lang. (chuckle)
PARTICIPANT B:
Uhmmm, you know, kana ganing…uhh lisod gyud ang muhandle ug students, pero if
you’re very passionate, and you’re very willing to learn or willing to… not also to
teach but to learn from them, so ana man jud na uhmmm, murag give and take gyud
siya. Of course kanang, you can learn from them and you will also learn from you…
aww, unsa daw? (laugh)
PARTICIPANT C:
So uhmmm, the most important lesson jud nga kanang… uhmmm makaana jud ko
ba na, ang akoa jung naget nga… nakuha sa ilaha uhmmm, how to value time. Kay
maskin bata pa man gud sila kay grabe jud na ka strict sa ilahang schedule. Kani
nga hours kay kani nga study nga schedule, kani hours, after ani naa koy lessons,
so ana ba. Uhmmm kanang, time is gold jud sa ilaha.Time is money mana sa ilaha,
di mana time is gold. Time is money jud. Tapos kuan uhmmm… maskin pag stro…
ay…maskin pagbata pa ka dapat naa jud kay goal sa imong life. Daghan jud kaayo
na sila ug…ano jud, maskin pag bata pa imong kastorya makakuan jud ka nga
trained… well-trained jud kaayo sila sa ilang, specially sa ilang education. Grabe jud
sila ka kakuan sa ilang education. Even, wala siguro koy bata nga kanang
mangutana ko “what is your hobby” is kanang playing? Usually jud sa ilaha is
reading. They can…wala man gane sila…dili kaayo sila naga-watch ug TV, dili sila
naga-play outside, reading lang jud na sila, kana. So uhmmm mao nang makuan ko
ba believe ko sa ilaha kay bata pa sila nakafix na dapat ang ilang goal , ilang mind
sa ilahang goal nga dapat maabot. Time is time jud na sila unlike Filipinos ba na,
magstart atong klase sa kuan, muabot sila…wala jud koy studyante ba na nakatry
nga late sila sa school, ana so, valuing time jud ang Chinese.
PARTICIPANT D:
So far, I have experienced a lot in online teaching and learned from it na rin,
specially uhh if you’re dealing with kids or level zero learners because they are the
usual learners who really needs effort in catching their attention. Also, enthusiastic,
okay, you need to be energetic infront of your learners so that they will not get uhh,
feel bored in class and o be prepared for what will happen along the process. Okay,
of course you need to have a long patience in online teaching specially in handling
kids.
PARTICIPANT E:
Ang lesson nga akong nahibal an, be patient… patient jud kay dili, labi na pag
daghan kaayo ko studyante nya kapoy na nya daghan kaayog badlungon…ako
biskan paglagot na kaayo ko…lagot na kaayo ko pero smile lang japon ,
professional lang japon ko. Yes patient is a virtue jud.
PARTICIPANT F:
Ano, valuable lesson, dili ang… ay kanang, ang tanan gud, kay naa jud sa
process…dili jud ka basta-basta makalearn… diba sila kanang ano, Chinese, then
naglearn sila ug English, magstart jud ka sa level zero, kanang dili jud ka deritso
kanang makalearn jud kung baga naa jud step by step nga process.
PARTICIPANT G:
Just like what I told you earlier, patience lang jud. Ana lang then, smile jud bahalag
lagot na kaayo ka.
Question 3.2 - HOW WILL YOU APPLY THOSE LESSONS THAT YOU HAVE
LEARNED FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES?
PARTICIPANT A:
Since bag-o pako ani nga work, uhmmm. E apply lang nako tong mga answer nako
ganina? (chuckle)…bitaw oy, akong e pang apply tong akong gipang answer
ganina…uhmmm…siguro kuan pud,… kuan man pud gud until mahuman lang man
gud ning pandemic, tapos muproceed napud ko sa akong first plan jud nga naudlot
lang tungod aning scovidobido (laugh)… and I think dako man pud ni siya nga
tabang sa akoa kay magteach man pud ko didto…so, uhmmm… for experience na
rin…
PARTICIPANT B:
Of course being on time, so of course naa man jud tay ginatawag ug Filippino time
HA HA, kanang muingon ug sabot 8:00, maabot alas nuebe, wow perpek. So, uhh,
kana ganing, how can I apply… kanang e kuan lang jud nimo siya, kana ganing, you
need, you need to be very kuan sa imong time. So dapat you need to manage your
time, so if your going to do this kind of thing, so you need to you need to do it uhh
this thing on time naa gyuy particular time nga imong ginaset so that naa kay… naa
kay ma reach nga goal everyday. Hmmm, naa man jud kay goal everyday so, ing-
ana, hmmm e apply nimo siya and then of course uhmmm, be very uhmmm, flexible
nga muhimog mga butang kay syempre naa man jud mga unexpected nga mga
butang, charroot (laugh). So ing-ana…so you should be, kana ganing…uhh kana
ganing… naa jud kay dapat nga uhhh kana ganing…goal nga imong e kuan sa
imong kaugalingon, so para mareach nimo. Of course you need to value your time,
kay ako baya usahay, sa skwelahan permenti baya ko late, maingnan bitaw ko ni
maam sa una, “permente lage na late si Alberca?” Alangan no alas 8:00 ang klase,
alas 7:00 mao pay pagligo tuuurraa perpek (laugh).
PARTICIPANT C:
As an EFL teacher jud no kay ako jud uhmmm, isa man jud ko sa …uhmmm dili man
jud ako ang pinaka-late sa among grupo. Di lang jud ko magsaba kung kinsa… di
lang jud ko magsaba (laugh)… Pero since I kanang kuan…since sa time man jud
gud akong ganahan sa Chinese. As a teacher man pud gud, you need to be on time
kay sa Philippines man gud uhmmm, reality, ang teacher may paabuton, ana ba.
Pero sa China kay murag akong nakuan sa ilaha ba, even ikaw ang teacher, ang
superior kung baga kay ikaw ang teacher so dapat kanang…kanang e value pud
nimo ang time the way the student valued it, pagkahuman kay kuan, uhmmm, fixing
the goal kay ma-amaze lang jud ko kay kanang, for example, thirteen years old is
nakafix najud na ilang goal, kanang mga ing-ana nga edad kay murag, kanang
maklaro na jud nimo ilang goal ba, unlike sa atoa na college nalang undecided
gihapon kung unsa nga course atong kuhao, ana gane. Kanang kuan ba, gusto ko
na uhh, pareha anang sa ilaha is, dapat organized ka so… I’ve tried… I try…(laugh)
I really try my best na maing ana ko, na dili ko malate sa klase, pero usahay man jud
dili man jud ko late pero it’s just that ang equipment, kaya nga struggles jud kaayo
ang equipment, specially internet connection sa Philippines so kuan…uhmm like,
fixing kanang kuan jud, fix imong…imong uhh…imong goal ba. So dapat naa kay
target. It’s not like, mura ra gane kag naglakaw nga walay direction, so in order to do
that (laugh) charooot ay… kuan kanang, ginatry… gina…gina… dili man pud jud
siya mamaster in a short span of time ba, so gina-ano lang nako, gina-try nako
akong kaugalingon to be like them, kanang ginavalue every minute kanang…pero
usahay tapulan man japon ko… Usually mauna jud na sila sa klase for example
twenty-five minutes mana, five minutes pa lang…uhmmm five minutes before pa
lang naa najud na sila. Nisulod najud na sila sa klase. Tapos ako kay one minute…
pero dapat three minutes jud dapat na kay maghimo pa baya ka ug lesson memo,
unya naa pa kay kachat (laugh)…pero malate ko dili tungod sa kuan, tungod sa
equipment, kanang ang laptop kay mag easy-crash siya, dili dayon ka kasulod inig
click, mao na siya, pero magreklamo mana sila kanang malate ka…
[unsa pud?]
teacher is late, ana, teacher leave the class, depende na na sa ilaha kung mag-bad
feedback sila pero naa may studynte uban nga dili,specially kanang mga tarong.
[dili maapektuhan inyong salary ana?]
dili man pud maapektuhan among salary kung mag-bad feedback or maskin
magcomplain sila.
PARTICIPANT D:
As an online teacher of course, there are many lessons that you can learn uhhh so,
as you go along in this job, you can encounter different experiences and struggles
that might teach you lessons. For me, I will continue to be passionate with my job
and, at the same time, uhh have more patience with my learners as well as be
creative in this kind of job.
PARTICIPANT E:
Kay future education man ko, nagamit jud nako akong pag ka teacher , kabalo nako
unsaon paghandle sa mga studyante tungod ra sad sa akong mga experiences, sa
mga butang nga akong natudlo.
PARTICIPANT F:
Siguro ma-apply nako siya uhhh kanang maabot nagud nimo imong dreams…
pareha pud na sa ilahang pagkat-on sa English, naay process ang tanan before
nimo siya maachieve.
PARTICIPANT G:
Uhhh, you always need to smile bisan unsa pa ka lisod ang imong struggle, kay by
the end of the day kay mahuman ra gihapon na siya (chuckle) mahuman ra gihapon
na siya, and then you cannot force someone to learn something if kanang, wala sa
ilaha ang…wala sa ilahang heart ang paglearn ato.
Question 3.3 – WHAT INSIGHTS CAN YOU SHARE TO YOUR FELLOW FAMILY
OR TEACHERS, WHO ARE ON THE SAME SITUATIONS AS YOURS?
PARTICIPANT A:
Uhmmm… habaan jud ang pasensya kung musulod ka aning trabahua (chuckle)…
ug ikaw nalang jud mag-adjust…uhmmm, kana lang.
PARTICIPANT B:
Okay, as for my experience uhh, what I can uhh suggest sa ilaha or tips kay uhh,…
just uhh love what they do. For example, In this kind of like work, yeah of course,
naa man gyuy uhhh naa man gyuy expectations nga ilang ginaexpect ani, uhh, so,
expect… expected, kuan… kanang, kanang unsay tawag ana oy, uhh… when they
will have their classes, example, well-prepared sila, set aside the problems kay it
might affect their classes and of course, just smile? Uhh, just smile, smile like that
kasi, you are dealing with different personalities of students so,… and of course,
they need to be on time… on time, of course uhh like maybe uhh three, uhh five to
three minutes before ilang time, enter na sa ilang ano, so they need to check also
their equipments because naay,… one way…uhmm, one of the struggles that you
might encounter in this kind of uhmmm, work is kung walay internet, unsaon nimo
pag communicate?... mag-lag baya na noh. So dili makasabot ang bata, ana, so uhh
be prepared and… just relax and uhmmm,kato love this kind of work, and then uhhh,
unsay tawag ana oi, kanang… taason jud nimo imong pasensya kay specially, kids.
Yeah. Ana.
PARTICIPANT C:
Uhmmm. Kuan, kani man gud na kuan… kani man gud na kuan… na trabaho is
patience jud dapat naa kay patience, kana, tapos enjoy…e enjoy jud nimo imuhang
job, so kanang… although mastress man jud ka, pero always look on the positive
side gane sa trabaho, specially EF… kani man gud na trabaho more on, kanang
maghago, the more ka nga makakuha ug nindot nga result. So pananglitan kanang
naa jud student dili maminaw, ang imuha jud ana kay dulaon jud nimo, even
kantahan nimo sila, try to catch their attention na…na…makuan sila, mainterested
sila. Pareha raman pud na sila sa atoa, pag at first pa lang, is mailang jud na sila, so
try to kuan…try jud nimo nga kuhaon ilang loob. Oh… ang loob like asking
questions… try to ask basic questions, like kung nagkaon na sila, nagunsa na sila
karon tapos, pagkahuman patient. Dapat jud taas ka, naa ka na. Always wear your
best smile pagmagklase ka, so maskin pag lagot na kaayo ka…always presentable
jud dapat ka, tapos wear your kiddiefy uhmm clip, uhmm headband. Even pwedi
gane ka magwig, para lang maentertain lang ang bata. Try to kuan jud, try to kanang
make them laugh, ana ba, dapat imo silang pakataw-on kay maboring man gud na
sila even 25 minutes lang na kay mga bright naman gud na sila na bata in nature,
it’s just that dili lang jud sila kabalo mu-English, pero pagpasulaton na nimo sila
kabalo na na sila, ana ba, so dili lang jud na sila makacommunicate ug English so
patience, love jud, dapat jud imong love dira sa imong kuan… imong kuan, dapat
compassionate jud ka sa imong trabaho, charroot (laugh)… naa jud kay… naa jud
kay… dapat e endulge jud nimo imong kaugalingon sa bata pud, murag…
hunahunaon jud nimo ba na kani nga bata, kani nga bata kay nag-enroll mani so
meaning to say, naa jud ni siya goal, so dapat you kanang pareha mo ug goal na e
hit. ako kay feeling nako kay enjoy lang…enjoy lang jud ang kuan… enjoy lang pud
nimo ang kuan… imong trabaho. After all if daghan ka ug mapahappy na bata kay
mubalik mana sa imuha kay mudaghan man ang mu-favorite sa imuha, daghan ka
ug regulars, tapos the more ka daghan ug regulars, the more ka daghan ug books.
PARTICIPANT D:
Teaching sometimes makes us frustrated specially with dealing with diverse student
yet fulfilling when progress attained by the students. Okay, specially pag zero
English ang bata tapos uhh makita nimo after pila ka class ninyo kanang,
makafollow na siya ug instructions…makasabot na siya nimo, so need jud nato uhh
sila sabton, ilang needs ug patience pud specially language ilang gitun-an.
PARTICIPANT E:
Mao to mao jud to sya. Be patient and love your job because mao ni gahatag sa imo
ug income, mao nay nagbuhi sa imuha , biskan unsa nimo kakapoy ,pero kailangan
in every class you should do your best kay naa japon mga studyante nga lami
tudloan or mga okay so, love your job.
PARTICIPANT F:
Dapat kung musulod sila kay be prepared, dapat naa silay pasesnya. Despite sa
tanang struggle dapat motivated ka.
PARTICIPANT G:
Uhmmm, timing and pacing siguro sa imuhang student. Timing interms of ...
tanshahon nimo kung naa sila sa mood mag, maki-pagklase or wala, and tanshahon
nimo if that kid is playful o dili so, usahay… duha man gud kabuok imong please.
First dili man gud ang studyante ang imong e please kung dili ang parents so go
naka sa student, so better if flexible ka, dapat open-minded, whatever happ…
whatever nga imong maencounter sa imong online teaching, pero di mag-give-up

man jud

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EVERY JOURNEY STARTS WITH SINGLE STEP; UNFOLDING STORIES OF

ONLINE ENGLISH TEACHERS HANDLING LEARNERS IN AN EFL SETTING

Question 1 – WHAT ARE THE EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES THAT

Umm. sa challenges lang yata kay everytime naay power outage

[aside ana, unsa pa?]

so far kana lang.

Okay. Sayon ra man ni no? (laugh)

[What do you mean nga sa “learner pud”?]

[Hello. Good morning. Ako diay si Angel Grace B. Patonongon. I am a student of

Okay. Gamay ra ba ang questions?

Okay. Sige go.

[Kaya ra jud kaayo nimo ma’am.]

Uhmmm…technically, internet connection and power interruption.

Okay, gora na.

[problema jud kaayo pagmubrown-out no?]

Good morning. Daghan inyong pangutana?

[Gamay ra jud miss and related lang siya sa imuhang job.]

Experiences kay kuan…experiences and challenges is kanang makatunong ka ug

[what do you mean nga zero?]

[Good morning miss. Ako diay si Angel Grace B. Patonongon. I am currently

[So let’s start miss.]

Whenever you’re ready miss.

Question 1.1 - WHAT DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES YOU

[unsay pasabot sa “bastos”?]

[aside ana, unsa pa?]

[Importante jud kaayo ang internet connection sa online teaching?]

[Mao bitaw. 2 years old? Naa diay two years old?]

[Ah. Okay. Naa jud diay ingana nga scenario ni?]

Yes jud. Labad kaayo.

Kuan, experiences and challenges is kanang makatunong ka ug students nga

[Unsay level zero miss?]

Kuan… sa akoa kay personal feelings.

[What do you mean anang personal feelings sir?]

Kanang sa akoa nga feelings…kuan kanang sige na bitaw ug balik-balik ang

[Ah. Balik-balik lang diay usually inyong topic po?]

Uhmmm… struggling in capturing the student’s attention…that’s my first, specially if

English barrier uhmmm… language barrier, its because, English dapat?

[pwedi ra bisaya te.]

Questions 1.3 – WHAT MAKES YOU MOTIVATED TO PURSUE ONLINE

Of course, money… (laugh)… kapoy kaayo ug tambay sa balay oi unya hurot na

work…(laugh) …pwedi raman ka magclose ug schedules nimo so ako everytime…

[ay dako jud diay?]

Its kanang…dili jud ka makaingon na… na kanang… na baba.. so makakakuha mi

because of money.because of… syempre because of money jud. Because of the

Salary and comfort from home.

Question 2 – HOW DO ONLINE TEACHERS COPE WITH THE CHALLENGES

[pero tong bag-o palang ka?]

[tapos ang time? Di ba 25 minutes lang man?]

[maminaw jud sila?]

oh daghan oy most time is interesado man specially adult.

[Ay daghan diay sila mga follow-up question?]

[nagapadula pud ka?]

[lisod jud diay siya noh?]

Laluma ato oy, unsa to?

[pila pud ka hours nimo gina close?]

Question 2.3 – WHAT STRATEGIES OR COPING MECHANISM YOU HAVE USED

Dili magpadala sa stress. Pareha sa akong giingon ganina…kanang kung

[naa diay ing ana? I mean evaluation sa online teacher?]

[unsa nang lesson memo?]

Basically, pag nag…di ba daghan man jud ug struggle…actually, honestly speaking,

[Oh murag in ana ba.. mga strategies na ma cope nimu ang…]

[pwedi diay na? naa diay ing-ana?]