The Strategies Used by the English Language Teachers of the 11th grade

The Strategies Used by the English Language Teachers of the 11th grade

Zajel / An-Najah National University

Suhad Odeh The purpose of this study was to investigate the main strategies that English Language teachers of the 11th grade use in teaching the different literary works. It also aimed at determining the teachers attitudes toward teaching literature, the effect of teaching literature on the students use of language, and the approach mostly used in teaching the different literary texts. The main findings of the study are: Teachers have positive attitude toward teaching English literature as part of teaching English language. Teachers believe that teaching literature has positive effect on the students use of language. The approach mostly used in teaching the different literary texts is a student-centered one. Teachers' generally use high positive strategies in teaching poetry, novel, short story, and play. In light of these findings, the study recommends: Teachers should use various strategies that proved to be effective in teaching the different literary texts. Curriculum designers should modify the goals of teaching literature, to include more effective practical goals. The time allocated to teaching anthology should be increased to enable the teachers to use more effective strategies. Teachers should be given specialized training courses in teaching the different genres of literature. Other researchers should conduct experimental studies to investigate the effectiveness of some strategies. Conduct other studies by using other variables as the teachers' knowledge of strategies, and the degree of using these strategies. Conduct other experimental studies on the students to find what strategies they use while reading literature. Suhad Odeh Supervisor Dr. Suzan Arafat December 2000