Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL

Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL

Literature seems to always be a course that most often befuddles rather than captivates student teachers of TESL at the Institutes of Teacher Education. Facing “literary inadequacy” due to lack of exposure to literary critical analysis at the upper secondary and preparatory levels aggravates the p...

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Main Author: Nil Farakh Sulaiman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Perkembangan Pelajar ,U.K.M 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10873/
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spelling ukm-108732017-10-13T00:26:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10873/ Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL Nil Farakh Sulaiman, Literature seems to always be a course that most often befuddles rather than captivates student teachers of TESL at the Institutes of Teacher Education. Facing “literary inadequacy” due to lack of exposure to literary critical analysis at the upper secondary and preparatory levels aggravates the problem. Analysis of literary texts at these levels is merely highlighting the occurrences of basic literary devices in prescribed texts but the functions of why such devices are utilised by authors are not deeply explored by secondary school teachers. Hence, the suitability of offering a literature course at the beginning of an undergraduate programme was investigated, utilising the CIPP evaluation model developed by Stufflebeam (1971). 73 theory-based self-constructed items were administered to 120 respondents of three TESL cohorts via a cross-sectional survey research design. Reliability value for each construct using Cronbach Alpha was computed and the overall reliability value 0.959 was obtained, indicating that the research instrument was reliable to fulfil the purpose of the study. Findings and discussion underline the significance of offering the course in the first semester of TESL programme as well as the importance of learning literature in the 21st century. Pusat Perkembangan Pelajar ,U.K.M 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10873/1/Nil-Farakh.pdf Nil Farakh Sulaiman, (2015) Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL. Jurnal Personalia Pelajar, 18 (2). pp. 87-95. ISSN 0128-2735 http://www.ukm.my/personalia/publication-category/volume-2/
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description Literature seems to always be a course that most often befuddles rather than captivates student teachers of TESL at the Institutes of Teacher Education. Facing “literary inadequacy” due to lack of exposure to literary critical analysis at the upper secondary and preparatory levels aggravates the problem. Analysis of literary texts at these levels is merely highlighting the occurrences of basic literary devices in prescribed texts but the functions of why such devices are utilised by authors are not deeply explored by secondary school teachers. Hence, the suitability of offering a literature course at the beginning of an undergraduate programme was investigated, utilising the CIPP evaluation model developed by Stufflebeam (1971). 73 theory-based self-constructed items were administered to 120 respondents of three TESL cohorts via a cross-sectional survey research design. Reliability value for each construct using Cronbach Alpha was computed and the overall reliability value 0.959 was obtained, indicating that the research instrument was reliable to fulfil the purpose of the study. Findings and discussion underline the significance of offering the course in the first semester of TESL programme as well as the importance of learning literature in the 21st century.
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Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL
author_facet Nil Farakh Sulaiman,
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title Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL
title_short Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL
title_full Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL
title_fullStr Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL
title_full_unstemmed Literature in English: evaluating its suitability for Semester 1, PISMP (Bachelor of Education Programme) TESL
title_sort literature in english: evaluating its suitability for semester 1, pismp (bachelor of education programme) tesl
publisher Pusat Perkembangan Pelajar ,U.K.M
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10873/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10873/1/Nil-Farakh.pdf
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