Journal of Critical Applied Linguistics Studies

en Online-teaching as a reaction to the impact of COVID–19 on higher education in Bangladesh: issues of inequality of access and education quality تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;">There is a growing body of literature on online teaching documenting inequality of access and quality concerns experienced by students and their parents in pre-pandemic time. COVID-19 pandemic forced students to experience these issues more acutely and affectively, which calls for in-depth studies on the effects and consequences of online teaching in terms of access and quality since COVID-19 pandemic. Studies capturing the learners’ struggle with inequality of access to and education quality of online teaching during COVID-19 are still rare. This study explores learners’ experiences of online teaching introduced by universities in Bangladesh in time of COVID-19, and finds students tangled in a Sisyphean struggle with access and quality learning. Insights from the study may shed light on the issues to be considered for online teaching in post-pandemic contexts.</div> Bangladesh, COVID-19, Inequality, Online teaching, Quality 1 14 http://cals.gonbad.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-36-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ali Azgor Talukder azgortalukder@gmail.com 1003194753284600150 1003194753284600150 No Moses Samuel samuel@taylors.edu.my 1003194753284600151 1003194753284600151 Yes Ali Azgor Talukder, Associate Professor, Department English, BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology, Nishatnagar, Turag, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh. Email: azgortalukder@gmail.com & azgortalukder@buft.edu.bd Moses Samuel (Corresponding Author), Professor, School of Education, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. Email: samuel@taylors.edu.my