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Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2 nd year students in Haiphong university. Field: Methodology Course: K12. M.A Minor Thesis By: Nguyen Hong Quyen Supervisor: Nguyen Thuy Huong, M.A. Introduction. Rationale: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Integrating short stories and Integrating short stories and poems in developing the poems in developing the reading skills for 2reading skills for 2ndnd year year
students in Haiphong students in Haiphong universityuniversity
Field: MethodologyField: Methodology
Course: K12. M.A Minor ThesisCourse: K12. M.A Minor Thesis
By: Nguyen Hong QuyenBy: Nguyen Hong Quyen
Supervisor: Nguyen Thuy Huong, M.ASupervisor: Nguyen Thuy Huong, M.A
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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: 2nd year students at English Dept. in Haiphong University
Method: Quantitative method
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Introduction
Design: Five chapters Chapter I: Introduction: briefly presents the reason for
doing the study, its aims, scope, subjects as well as research methodology.
Chapter II: Literature review: presents an overview of what is literature, its values in language teaching and how it relates to reading.
Chapter III: Methodology: studies the reason for choosing the research methodology and the description of the setting, subject and instrument for collecting data
Chapter IV: Data analysis and results: provides data description and analysis with finding.
Chapter V: Conclusion and Recommendation: suggests teaching techiques and conclusion.
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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
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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
It is applicable to integrate short stories and poems in the reading class
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The experiment
Setting:English Department of HPU
Participants:40 students of 2nd year Language level: uper-intermediate
Time: At the beginning of 2nd term13 weeks
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Methodology
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Recommendation
Introduced techniques to integrate short stories and poems in teaching reading.
Selecting and evaluating the textsAnticipating students’ problemsSuggested activities to use with short
stories and poems in reading classesGiving some keys using literary texts in
reading classes
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Limitation and Suggestion for further research
Limitation Only one semester doing the experimentOnly 40 participants and no teacherInexperienced
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
classroom
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