The Influence of Teaching English Literature on Learning English as a Foreign Language

The Influence of Teaching English Literature on Learning English as a Foreign Language

Zajel / An-Najah National University

Hwaida Ibrahim Anastas The study aim to investigate and explore the need for including English literature that motivates the students to study English as a foreign language, and the method which the teachers in the EFL classroom used. The population of the study consisted of a selected six hundred students from Beir-Ziet and Bethlehem University who had registered for entrance examine 1987. The researcher developed a questionnaire based on Alan purves (1973). To ensure the validity of the questionnaire it was sent to eleven specialists, and the reliability was examined and had a 0,921. The result of the study showed great benefits to the EFL learners who are exposed to the suitable literary text through their studying the English language. Hwaida Ibrahim Anastas Supervisor Dr. Ali Habayeb 1992