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This exploratory study is aimed to investigate learners’ insights on the suitability of mass lecture and its reasons based on genders’ experience. Having to cope with many students, many universities have been practicing mass lecture with no limitation to any particular field of studies (Bowman and Mete, 2014). In ESL classrooms, the mass lecture has become more common as one of the possible solutions for the shortage of workforce or English language teachers and lecturers, including in Malaysia. However, the students’ experience in mass lectures in learning the second language may vary due to the gender differences in language learning. In this quantitative study, a set of questionnaires was used as the instrument for data collection. The sample of this study was a total of 206 students from a local university. Significantly, it was found that mass lecture in language learning is perceived suitable by both male and female students. Nevertheless, there is a difference in the views of male and female students regarding learning speaking in mass lectures.