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MOTIVATING EFL STUDENTS IN LEARNING LITERATURE: A DILEMMA BETWEEN THE TEACHERS’S ROLE AND THE STUDENTS’ DEMOTIVATION. CASE STUDY: FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Year 2020, Volume: 5 Issue: 9, 1 - 9, 30.01.2020

Abstract

At the department of English language at the university of Chlef; Algeria; literature is considered as an essential teaching unit within the whole curriculum Through literature students are supposed to learn language skills, develop their cultural enrichment and, enhance their personnal involvement Along my experience with first year students, I have found that students seem to be demotivated in « loving » literature. This research is carried out to investigate the effective way of teaching literature to the first year students in order to find a persuading answers to the following question:
How can a teacher motivate EFL students in learning literature?
The question leads us to predict the following hypothesis
Students are demotivated due to the way of teaching.
Questionnaires and classroom’s observation will be the main means of collecting data among students and teachers.
This paper may also underline the effective role of the teacher in EFL classrooms in order to improving the students willingness, motivation, and stimulates their competence in admiring some of the literary pieces of differents genres writings.

References

  • BRUMFIT, C. (1985). Language and Literature Teaching: From Practice to Principle. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
  • CARREL, P., L., DEVINE J., ESKEY D. (1988). Interactive Approaches to second Language Reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • COLLIE, J. and SLATER, S. (1994). Literature in the Language Classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • DORNYEI. Z. (2001). New Themes and Approaches in Second Language Motivation Research Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2 (1), 43-59.
  • DUFF, A. and MALEY, A. (2007). Literature (Resource Books for Teachers), Oxford University Press. GAJDUSEK, L. (1988). Toward Wider Use of Literature in ESL: Why and How. TESOL Quarterly, 22(2): 227-257
  • HEDGE, T. (1985). Using Readers in Language Teaching. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. LANGER, J. A. (1995). Envisioning Literature: Literary Understanding and Literature Instruction. New York: Teachers College Press.
  • LASAR, G. (1993). Literature and Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • LIAW, M.-L. (2001). Exploring Literary Responses in an EFL Classroom. Foreign Language Annals. 34, 35–44.
  • LITTLE, D., DEVITT, S., and D. SINGLETON. (1989). Learning Foreign Languages from Authentic Texts: Theory and Practice. Dublin: Authentic in Association with CILT.
  • MURDOCH, (1950). “Existentialist Hero,” The Listener, vol. 23, pp. 52, March 1950.
  • MCRAE, J. (1994). Literature with a Small 'l', Macmillan Education.
  • MILLER, J. HILLIS (2002) On Literature (Thinking in Action) Publisher: Routledge, 2002
  • RAMSARAN, S. (1983). ELT Journal, Volume 37, Issue 1, January 1983, Pages 36–43, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/37.1.36 Published: 01 January 1983.
  • TURKER F. (1991). Using "Literature" in Language Teaching, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 1991, 6/ 299-305
  • WELLEK, R. and AUSTIN W. (1977). Theory of Literature. 3rd edition. New York & London: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich Publishers.

ÖĞRENME LİTERATÜRÜNDE EFL ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN MOTİVASYONU: ÖĞRETMENİN ROLÜ İLE ÖĞRENCİLERİN DEMOTİVASYONU ARASINDA BİR İKİLEM: İNGİLİZCE BÖLÜMÜ BİRİNCİ YIL ÖĞRENCİLERİ ÜZERİNDE BİR VAKA ÇALIŞMASI

Year 2020, Volume: 5 Issue: 9, 1 - 9, 30.01.2020

Abstract

Chlef Üniversitesi'ndeki İngiliz Dili Bölümü'nde; Cezayir, edebiyat bütün müfredat içerisinde temel bir öğretim birimi olarak kabul edilir. Edebiyat yoluyla öğrencilerin dil becerilerini öğrenmeleri, kültürel zenginleşmelerini geliştirmeleri ve kişisel katılımlarını arttırmaları beklenir. Birinci sınıf öğrencileri ile olan deneyimim boyunca, öğrencilerin “sevgi dolu” edebiyatta motive olduklarını gördüm. Bu araştırma, aşağıdaki soruya ikna edici cevaplar bulmak için birinci sınıf öğrencilerine edebiyat öğretmenin etkili yolunu araştırmak için yapılmıştır:
Bir öğretmen EFL öğrencilerini edebiyat öğrenme konusunda nasıl motive edebilir?
Soru, aşağıdaki hipotezi tahmin etmemize neden oluyor
Öğrenciler, öğretme şekli nedeniyle motive olmuşlardır.
Anketler ve sınıfın birkaç görüşmeye ek olarak gözlemlenmesi, öğrenciler ve öğretmenler arasında veri toplamanın ana yolu olacaktır.
Bu aynı zamanda, öğrencilerin istekli olmalarını, motivasyonlarını arttırma ve edebi türlerin bazı eserlerinin bazı parçalarına hayran olma konusundaki yetkinliklerini arttırma amacıyla EFL sınıflarındaki öğretmenin etkin rolünün altını çizebilir.

References

  • BRUMFIT, C. (1985). Language and Literature Teaching: From Practice to Principle. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
  • CARREL, P., L., DEVINE J., ESKEY D. (1988). Interactive Approaches to second Language Reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • COLLIE, J. and SLATER, S. (1994). Literature in the Language Classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • DORNYEI. Z. (2001). New Themes and Approaches in Second Language Motivation Research Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2 (1), 43-59.
  • DUFF, A. and MALEY, A. (2007). Literature (Resource Books for Teachers), Oxford University Press. GAJDUSEK, L. (1988). Toward Wider Use of Literature in ESL: Why and How. TESOL Quarterly, 22(2): 227-257
  • HEDGE, T. (1985). Using Readers in Language Teaching. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. LANGER, J. A. (1995). Envisioning Literature: Literary Understanding and Literature Instruction. New York: Teachers College Press.
  • LASAR, G. (1993). Literature and Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • LIAW, M.-L. (2001). Exploring Literary Responses in an EFL Classroom. Foreign Language Annals. 34, 35–44.
  • LITTLE, D., DEVITT, S., and D. SINGLETON. (1989). Learning Foreign Languages from Authentic Texts: Theory and Practice. Dublin: Authentic in Association with CILT.
  • MURDOCH, (1950). “Existentialist Hero,” The Listener, vol. 23, pp. 52, March 1950.
  • MCRAE, J. (1994). Literature with a Small 'l', Macmillan Education.
  • MILLER, J. HILLIS (2002) On Literature (Thinking in Action) Publisher: Routledge, 2002
  • RAMSARAN, S. (1983). ELT Journal, Volume 37, Issue 1, January 1983, Pages 36–43, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/37.1.36 Published: 01 January 1983.
  • TURKER F. (1991). Using "Literature" in Language Teaching, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 1991, 6/ 299-305
  • WELLEK, R. and AUSTIN W. (1977). Theory of Literature. 3rd edition. New York & London: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich Publishers.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Makaleler
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Abdelkader Senkadı This is me 0000-0002-4398-202X

Publication Date January 30, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 5 Issue: 9

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APA Senkadı, A. (2020). MOTIVATING EFL STUDENTS IN LEARNING LITERATURE: A DILEMMA BETWEEN THE TEACHERS’S ROLE AND THE STUDENTS’ DEMOTIVATION. CASE STUDY: FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. Uluslararası Afro-Avrasya Araştırmaları Dergisi, 5(9), 1-9.

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