Attitude towards and Perception of Literature in EFL Setting: A Case Study on QU Male Undergraduate Students

Alfauzan, Abdullah H.; Hussain, Abduljabbar G.

doi:10.5539/elt.v10n1p1

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“…While reading, studying and listening the literary works, student could get moral value which useful for their life. This is supported with the previous research, there were Othman, 2015;Alfauzan, & Hussain, 2017. Moreover, the students learned literary works could behave properly to older people, parents and teachers.…”

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Indonesian Senior High School Students’ Attitude Towards Literature in English

Afdian¹,

Wahyuni²

2020

JELT

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This study aimed to investigate senior high school students’ attitude towards advantages of learning literature in English. The participants of this research were 22 eleventh grade students in SMAN 2 Padang who took English as Specialization class. This study was descriptive qualitative research used in investigating senior high school students’ attitude towards literature in English. The instrumentations of this research were questionnaire and interview. The following are advantages of learning literature in English, encouraging language sources, improving language skill, expanding students’ awareness through environment and willingness to learn English language. The findings of the research showed that students’ attitude towards advantages of learning literature in English is positive.

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“…Fourth, the students are motivated to learn English language because they feel English is important for their future, Al-Tamimi & Shuib, 2009;Alkaff, 2013;Vural, 2013;Benediktsdóttir, 2016;Alfauzan, & Hussain, 2017;Zulfikar, Dahliana, and Sari, 2019. Students thought that proficiency in English can help them be success in the next journey.…”

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Indonesian Senior High School Students’ Attitude Towards Literature in English

Afdian¹,

Wahyuni²

2020

JELT

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“…Besides, it is not clear whether these modules contribute to students' language development, cultural awareness or personal enrichment. Different studies have investigated students' perceptions towards literature classes in other contexts (such as Davis et al, 1992;Halim, 2006;Carrolie, 2008;Sivapalan and Subramanium, 2008;Nasharudin, 2008;Alfauzan & Hussain, 2016;Wasti, 2016), but these studies are different for they concentrated on the perception of literature for language learning only, while cultural awareness and personal growth are not taken into consideration.…”

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Students’ Perception towards Literature Integration in the English Language Departments at Duhok and Zakho Universities

Hasan

2019

ALLS

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This study investigates the students’ perceptions towards literature integration in language learning in the English Language Departments (henceforth ELD) at Duhok and Zakho universities. Knowledge about students’ perceptions will influence their interest and language learning development. Literature is an important part of the syllabus at most ELDs in the Kurdish universities. Although studies have shown the importance of the learners’ perception, no studies have examined the students’ perceptions towards their literature modules in the ELDs at the Kurdish universities. The study is based on the responses of 268 undergraduate students to a questionnaire consisting of close-ended, multiple choices (quantitative data) and open-ended questions (qualitative data). The quantitative data is analyzed using the statistical analysis software (SPSS) and the qualitative using thematic analysis. The majority of the students have positive perceptions towards literature integration in their study program. They show that it contributes to the their language development in general and their vocabulary, speaking and reading skills in particular and novel is selected as the most beneficial literary genre for language development. Additionally, literature contributes to develop the learners’ cultural awareness in general and helps to identify the similarities and differences between the English culture and the learners’ own culture. The study also shows the contribution of literature to the learners’ personal growth in terms of active participation in class activities, increasing their critical thinking and analytical skills and helps them to understand theirs and other people’s experiences. The students are satisfied with the selected literary texts and topics and to some extent with the teaching methods which are mostly teacher led, but they suggest more students’ involvement. However, students face some difficulties, mostly language difficulty, that need to be taken into consideration. Thus, it is recommended that literature should be kept in the ELDs curriculum and teachers and administrators should make students aware of the value of the literature, understand the students needs and work to overcome the problems they encounter in literature study. Generally, knowing the students’ perceptions towards literature classes will be helpful for the researchers, educational policy makers and the language teachers to determine English language learners’ genuine needs, motivation or challenges and issues in relation to the use of literary texts as teaching materials and to develop a suitable teaching approach to use the literary texts.

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“…Moreover, it is also necessary for students to express positive attitude towards literature in order to be successful in their literary courses. Previous studies which can be referred to about this topic are Alfauzan & Hussain, (2017) and Tevdovska (2016). However, in Indonesian context, studies which look to these two variables are still far between.…”

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Indonesian English Department Students’ Reading Habits and Attitude Toward Literature in English

Wahyuni¹,

Oktavia²,

Marlina³

2020

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2019)

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This study reports the results of a survey on the reading habits of English Department Students at Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia, and their attitude towards literature in English. Reading Habit questionnaire developed by Pandian (1997) and an adaptation of Students' Attitude and Perception towards literature in English questionnaire developed by Tina Abdullah (2007) were employed. Both instruments were translated to Indonesian before being distributed to the respondents. The total number of respondents involved in this study was 125 comprising of 79 third year students and 46 fourth year students. These students were chosen as respondents because they had taken more than two compulsory literature subjects. First year students and second year students were not included because the former had not taken any compulsory literature subjects, while the latter had not completed their first compulsory literature subjects yet. A demography survey was also conducted to see their perception on their English proficiency and motivation to choose English as their major. Results showed that (i) the majority of the students believed that their English falls under the category of good and very good; (ii) students enrolled to English Department to learn English and/or to learn more about the English language; (iii) they have poor reading habits; (iv) they enjoy other technology related activities more compared to reading; (v) they believed that literature subjects are instrumental in improving their English; (vi) half of the respondents have negative attitude towards poetry in English; (vii) attitude towards longer literature work like novel and drama varied. Finally, pedagogical implications related to the instructional model to teach literature in English is discussed.

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Attitude towards and Perception of Literature in EFL Setting: A Case Study on QU Male Undergraduate Students

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

Indonesian Senior High School Students’ Attitude Towards Literature in English

Indonesian Senior High School Students’ Attitude Towards Literature in English

Students’ Perception towards Literature Integration in the English Language Departments at Duhok and Zakho Universities

Indonesian English Department Students’ Reading Habits and Attitude Toward Literature in English

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