Аннотация:It is believed that pandemics such as COVID-19 affect the social, economic, and educational lives of people. Educationists and students were heavily impacted by the coronavirus and the protocols that were applied by governments. In this study, the researcher aims to investigate the preparedness of Second language (SL) educationists in higher education to encounter any pandemic breakout in the future. The study tries to investigate the SL educationists’ preparedness by answering two questions. The first question focuses on the extent to which SL educators are ready to encounter future pandemics. The second question will be: How does the COVID-19 experience affect their readiness to encounter educational challenges in teaching SL in the future? This study aims to apply a qualitative study to collect data from educationists who work for higher education in Saudi Arabia. Seven people have been interviewed to collect data to carry out this study. The results showed that the teachers are ready to encounter three domains of challenges during any future Pandemic. These domains showed that teachers can encounter technical challenges in any future Pandemic, adjust their teaching methods to accommodate online learning, and provide their students with emotional support.
