Children's Literature in Traditional Arab Schools for Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Rass, Ruwaida Abu; Holzman, Susan
Titel	Children's Literature in Traditional Arab Schools for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 3 (2010) 1, S.64-70 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Childrens Literature; Arabs; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Educational Strategies; Elementary School Students; Grade 5; Grade 6; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Qualitative Research; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Arab; Araber; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lehrstrategie; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	This research has shown that the use of authentic children's literature is an effective and motivating "ESL" classroom strategy. However, this study investigated the use of children's stories in "EFL" elementary classrooms where the teaching methods are very traditional and the resources are limited. This study was carried out in an elementary school in an Arab town in Israel. Approximately a hundred fifth and sixth grade pupils filled in a questionnaire expressing their attitudes towards being taught through stories. Teacher trainees taught the classes, wrote reflections, filled in questionnaires and were observed by the researchers. This information has been collected and served as the data for the study. Results suggest that the use of this strategy is very positive and should be carefully considered by EFL teachers, EFL trainees and teacher educators. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01