Teachers can ask the students to imagine different ends to the drama, story or novel. Recitation oral questions by teacher answered orally by students. It was used observation and questionnaires to collect the data. There was no literary interest, nor interest on content. It provides an economical and efficient method for delivering. Characteristics of literature teaching in the efl context literature teaching has its characteristics and literature teaching in the efl context has more characteristics because of its dwindled denotation compared with the former. Students involvement in this teaching method is just to listen and sometimes pen down some notes if necessary during the lecture, combine the information and organized it. Background and significance of the study the discovery method of teaching has its foundations.
Simply it has more limitations, which endow it with a lot more features. The following are some of the important features of new criticism. The introduction of literature component in the malaysian esl context has brought much discussion on the importance of teaching the subject as part of the english language syllabus in malaysian primary, secondary and tertiary educational scenarios. This method contributes to the active explanation of the subjects and quick comprehension by students. They also indicated paint the picture, report, group works, sharing of experiences. Methods of teaching literature santoni 2018 foreign. Teaching of literature in language classes has became a fashion. Student comments indicated a positive response to the activitybased methods, but the. The use of grammar translation method in teaching english. Literary theory and teaching of literature in the twenty first century munazza yaqoob department of english, female campus, international islamic university, islamabad, pakistan abstract. Perhaps, one good question to address is why teach or study literature in schools.
This article tries to explore a particular technique in literature classroom. Discussion groups conducted by selected student chairpersons yes, and what else. The teacher considers a topic or issue, and may raise it for discussion by the students. If you are unable to view the pdf file, you can download the free reader from. Twenty first century is regarded as the age of globalization, transnationalism and telecommunication. Methods of teaching literature in secondary schools robin murray. Gabriel tejada molina, maria luisa perez canado, and gloria luque agullo faculty of humanities and education, university of jaen 1. Focus of this paper this paper focuses on some creative techniques to promote the teaching learning of english literature.
Jim lord many studies have been conducted to scientifically document the effectiveness of storytelling as a teaching tool. What are some effective methods of teaching literature. Recitation oral questions by teacher answered orally by students then what. When this is justified, it will become expedient to boost the interest or morale of. Characteristics and strategies of literature teaching. The learning outcomes of literature teaching are the expected skills, experience, attitudes or language that students need to gain. Review of the literature debate can be defined as an old teaching learning strategy that presupposes an established position, either pro or con, on. The grammar translation method was the earliest language teaching method to be formalised and dominated language teaching from the 1840s to the 1880s. Eastern illinois university the keep spring 2002 2002 spring 1152002 eng 3402001. Commonly, teachers use literature for the development of the four skills of language as well as for providing knowledge of the world. Pdf methods used in teaching and learning of literature in the. Pdf active learning and teaching methods for key stages. Characteristics and strategies of literature teaching in the efl. How to teach and learn english literature in eeducation era.
This study was conducted to determine the teaching strategies used by the ab english teachers in teaching literature courses. This study aims to gain a general overview of the approaches and strategies employed by teachers in teaching literature to less proficient students in form 1 and form 2. Richards and rodgers 2001 observe that the grammartranslation method is a way of studying language first through a detailed analysis of its. Introduction the aim of this chapter is to discuss the research methods chosen for this study and the reasons for choosing them. Being the most commonly used teaching method, explanation integrates well in all methods of instruction, such as discussions, seminars, practical lessons and tutorials havita 2000. Showalter teaching literature pdf teaching literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of english and. Consequently, it is indispensable to find out some creative techniques to teach english literature to the indian students. Methods used in teaching and learning of literature in the esl classroom and adult learners attitude article pdf available january 2017 with 12,165 reads how we measure reads. It is a venture that has enabled both the students and myself to benefit from the virtues of multimedia and researchled teaching in. However, this is not the most effective teaching method to reach all students, especially younger ones, who often need a more engaging, handson strategy in order to learn effectively. Literature, teaching strategies, focus group discussion, ab. She is currently cowriting the teaching and learning classics and classical studies volume of this series.
This method is implemented in group work among students. Class discussion conducted by teacher and what else. This study aims to describe the patterns of grammar translation method gtm and to know the reasons why the teachers used the method. Methods used in teaching and learning of literature in the esl classroom and adult learners attitude. This means that literature teachers deviated from the syllabi by way of using the. I declare that a study of the influence of particular teaching methods in conservation education on knowledge retention and attitude change is my own work and that all the sources that i have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. This teaching method is one way channel of communication of information. Mar 14, 2020 many teachers use this teaching method almost exclusively, as it is considered the simplest, and you can cover large amounts of material in a short period of time.
Storytelling is an art form that has been a most effective teaching tool for at least as long as history has been recorded. This teaching method allows students to effectively solve problems of practicefocused training. The lecture method teaching in the modem university is heavily orient ed toward the lecture. Teaching literature in english at high school level. Using classroom observations and interview as research instruments, this paper evaluates the approaches of five esl teachers teaching year 5 students and examines the various challenges faced by them in the teaching of literature. The relative effects of a guided discovery method of teaching and an exposition method of teaching on achievement as measured by the students grade in the course will not be dependent upon student ability. Survey of methods of teaching english and literature among. They encourage students to interact and communicate with each other creative methods will increase students interest in literature not only of india but of the foreign countries also. The research questions for this study are as follows.
Pdf methods used in teaching and learning of literature in. Creative techniques of teaching literature 127 students to enrich and sustain their efforts of learning literature. The teachers in literature revealed that their common strategies used in teaching the literature subjects were dramatization and roleplaying p1l34, l11, l16, lecture and reporting p1l7,l16,l29. It also sought the purposes and the processes on the conduct of the. Characteristics and strategies of literature teaching in the. Contemporary childrens literature program to upper primary school. Have students analyze diverse media forms for their strengths and weaknessesand involve both classic and digital forms. Survey of methods of teaching english and literature among secondary school teachers in benue state 850 discussion method. New ways of teaching literature llas centre for languages. Methods of teaching literature in secondary schools. Literature in education is aimed at developing the potential of students in a holistic, balanced and. Approaches employed by teachers in teaching literature to. Storytellers as purveyors of literature are role models of readers geisler, 1999. Therefore, if used properly, this teaching method can develop logical operations.
Analysis of the data did not show that the activitybased teaching method led to higher student comprehension or procedural abilit. These days three models are used to teach literature in eflesl classroom as 1. The outcomes are the fundamental elements that students need to attain in the objectives of literature learning. Pdf methods used in teaching and learning of literature. The method of action learning has recently become one of the promising areas of modern education, as it provides the organization of selflearning environments. Use combinations of mediaclassic and modern together, leveraging one against the other 2. Lecture method of teaching, definition, advantages. Purpose of the study this study aims to gain a general overview of the approaches employed by teachers in teaching the literature component in english. It is expected that such interactive teaching in eeducation era can improve the teaching effect and. The inclass teaching activities include multimedia teaching, students presentation, text drama, etc. Information and translations of teaching method in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Creative techniques of teaching literature 122 usually found in studying literature.
The subjects were two english teachers at the seventh grade of smp negeri 1 palangka raya. Editor of teaching in higher education taylor and francis, she still teaches and writes on her disciplinary specialisation, greek tragedy, and is a senior member of the faculty of classics, cambridge. Lecture method of teaching is the oldest teaching method applied in educational institution. Creative techniques of teaching literature language in india.
Advantagesdisadvantages the following are the basic advantages of the lecture method. Interactive teaching methods in contemporary higher education. Abstract although methods of teaching foreign languages have greatly improved as a result of pedagogic and linguistic research, the teaching of literature. This is an interactive method which involves the verbal exchange of views, opinions or ideas. Literary texts of the target language were read and translated, used as examples of good writing and illustrations of the grammatical rules 6. The term teaching method refers to the general principles, pedagogy and management strategies used for classroom instruction your choice of teaching method depends on what fits you your educational philosophy, classroom demographic, subject areas and school mission statement. This essay also investigates and compares how well teaching english literature, in accordance with each of these two learning theories, fulfills stipulations in the swedish national curriculum for high school courses english 5, 6 and 7. The focus of this teaching method was on form, on learning the rules of.