Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part 7

Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university

Integrating short stories and

poems in developing the

students in Haiphong

university

Field: Methodology Course: K12 M.A Minor Thesis By: Nguyen Hong Quyen

Introduction

 Rationale:

 The importance of learning English in the industrial world.

 The situation of learning and teaching English in Haiphong University.

 The course “literature in language teaching” delivered by Mr.Baurain

 Aims:

 Study the values of literature in language teaching

 Integrate short stories and poems in teaching reading comprehension

 Introduce techniques to integrate literary texts in the reading class.

 Scope:

 Short stories and narrative poems

 Object:

 2 nd year students at English Dept in Haiphong University

 Method:

 Design: Five chapters

doing the study, its aims, scope, subjects as well as research methodology

is literature, its values in language teaching and how it relates to reading

the research methodology and the description of the setting, subject and instrument for collecting data

description and analysis with finding

teaching techiques and conclusion

The focus of the study

 Pointing out the values of literature included short

stories and poem in language teaching and finding the way to integrate short stories and poems into the

reading classroom to develop reading skills for 2nd year students in HPU.

 Literature and why use literary texts in the language classroom.

 Literature:

 tranfers both entertainment and lesson to the reader

 Literature:

 Authentic materials

 Cultural and language enrichment

 Personal involvement

The focus of the study

 The potential values of short stories and poems in the ESL classroom.

 Arouse students’ strong feeling and provoke positive reaction

 Make language class enjoyable

 Develop vocabulary and cultural knowledge

 Develop critical reading and writing

 Literature and reading:

 The reader and the text

 Links between reading skills and literary skills

 Efferent reading and aesthetic reading

poems in the reading class

The experiment

 Setting:

English Department of HPU

 Participants:

40 students of 2nd year

Language level: uper-intermediate

 Time:

At the beginning of 2nd term

13 weeks

 Quantitative research method

 Aims at measuring a hypothesis

 Questionnaires:

 Easy and time saving

 Meet the aims of the study

 Economical and suitable with the situation in HPU

 Description:

 Two questionnaires:

 Attitude of students toward literary texts

 Effects of using short stories and poems in teaching and learning reading

 Method of collecting data:

 At the end of term, 2 weeks before the final exam

Results and Findings

 Results:

 Pointed out that integrating short stories and poems

in reading class makes the lesson more enjoyable and helps enhance students’ reading skills.

 Most students like short stories and poems than novel and drama

 75% of students found short stories and poems interesting and help promote their creativity

 64% of students agreed that reading short stories and poems makes them feel eager to answer comprehension questions

Results and Findings

 Majority of students think that they can learn new words and remember them longer in the context of a short story

 75% students are interested in interpreting the characters

of the story or the figurative language in the poem

 All students like working with activities in post-reading phase(eg: turn the poem into a pop song, writing a new ending of a short story,etc.)

 All students had positive reaction after reading short stories and poems and agreed that these literary texts enhanced their reading skills

 Many suggestions are given to make the lesson more effective

Results and Findings



It is advisable to integrate literary texts in the language classroom.

Students’ reading skills can be developed through the reading of short stories and poems.

Recommendation

 Introduced techniques to integrate short stories and poems in teaching reading.

Selecting and evaluating the texts

Anticipating students’ problems

Suggested activities to use with short stories and poems in reading classes

Giving some keys using literary texts in reading classes

Limitation and Suggestion for further research

 Limitation

 Suggestion for further research

 Using literature at lower level

 Using literature with mixed ability language classes

 Literature in the teaching of listening, speaking, writing, etc.

 Using literature to teach culture in the language

Thank you for your attention!