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Teaching literature among pre-service teachers: challenges and solutions

Harun, Ain Suraya and Abdul Samat, Norhanim (2021) Teaching literature among pre-service teachers: challenges and solutions. LSP International Journal, 8 (1). pp. 95-103. ISSN 2601–002X

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/lspi.v8.17182

Abstract

Teacher trainees should be prepared to teach and exposed to the approaches, models, and techniques of literature teaching. Being ready can also boost their confidence to teach literature so that the lessons can be delivered smoothly. These teachers are so new to teaching that they might face difficulties when teaching English, specifically literature. There are teaching techniques, strategies and approaches that those pre-service teachers can investigate to understand better how to apply in their teaching. Additionally, their lack of exposure towards literature teaching can also affect the performance of teaching. This paper seeks to investigate pre-service teachers’ readiness to teach literature in schools and the challenges faced by them while teaching literature. It also attempts to offer suggestions to improve better literature teaching. This mixed method research study used questionnaires distributed to 22 TESL pre-service teachers from a public university in Johor. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were conducted with two lecturers who have vast experiences in supervising pre-service teachers at schools. Results show that a majority of fourth year TESL students are ready to teach literature with the training and courses provided by the university. Also, among the challenges that they faced are time management and their students’ feelings on the subject. This study hopes to provide insights to training teachers on literature teaching.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:pre-service teachers, literature, challenges, ESL classroom
Subjects:L Education > L Education (General)
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions:Education
ID Code:97295
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:26 Sep 2022 03:49
Last Modified:26 Sep 2022 03:49

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