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This chapter focuses on educational practices at the elementary school level and the need for flexibility to enhance students' knowledge and skills. COVID-19 has proved to be catalytic in introducing online learning. This chapter draws heavily on the work of Vygotsky and the Zone of Proximal Development, together with Gee's notion of affinity spaces. The research questions focus on teachers' and learners' points of view. The research objectives are centered on the challenges of online learning in elementary schools in Malaysia, a comparison between online learning and the learning experiences in the physical classroom, and suggestions on ways to improve online learning. Data were collected from five remote schools in the northwestern state of Kedah, which borders Thailand. The responses of teachers and students showed that there are many issues that need to be addressed within the realm of online learning. The most important issues faced by students include the need for digital devices and internet connectivity. A strategic plan could be designed to address these issues.

The purpose of this study is to explore the implementation of School-Based

This is a conceptual paper on low achievers and vocabulary learning strategies. The paper focuses onwhat vocabulary is, its importance, types of vocabulary learning strategies, low achievers and theirvocabulary learning, the importance of explicit teaching of vocabulary learning strategies to lowachievers and also studies done on them. Low achievers need to be made aware of the existence of thesestrategies and employ them in their learning. This is because they have less motivation to learn Englishas they are weak in this subject. Learners should also be taught on these strategies explicitly so that theyare able to be autonomous in their learning. The knowledge on the strategies that they get will be helpfullater in the work place as they will encounter various types of vocabulary that are related to their job.The paper ends with the conclusion and recommendations on ways to help low achievers to enhance theirvocabulary knowledge. Keywords: language learning strategies, vocabulary learning strategies, low achievers, explicit vocabulary teaching