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- Title
Preference of the Learners towards Literature Based Materials in the Present Textbook of Classes IX and X in Bangladesh.
- Authors
Khanum, Farjana
- Abstract
The present study aims to emphasize the effectiveness of using literature in the textbook of classes ix-x in Bangladesh. It reviews the arguments for using literature in the language classroom. It is found that literary texts provide wide scope to explore multi-dimensional use of the language in the classroom. The study seeks the preference of the learners' towards using literature based materials in their present text book. In the empirical study the data is collected from five different schools through questionnaire survey. To analyze the data Likert's scale is used. The major findings indicate that learners like to deal with literature based materials like short stories, poems and simplified versions of literary pieces. The study also finds that huge amount of group work and pair work that are provided by the present textbook of classes ix and x are not done in the classroom. In the last the study recommends some suggestions in order to make the teaching-learning process more effective in Bangladesh.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; ENGLISH as a foreign language; ENGLISH language ability testing; ENGLISH language conversation &; phrase books; TEACHING methods; EDUCATION; HANDBOOKS, vade-mecums, etc.
- Publication
Language in India, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 12, p30
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article