TEACHERS’ ROLE IN DEVELOPING ENGLISH POETRY APPRECIATION SKILLS AMONG STUDENTS OF INTERMEDIATE COLLEGES OF SINDH, PAKISTAN
Keywords:
Teacher’s Role, English Poetry, Appreciation Skills, Subject KnowledgeAbstract
Teaching poetry is a fascinating, imaginative and heart touching experience. When taught like prose, it loses its charm and luster. English poetry is taught in our schools and colleges from class three up to intermediate level. It is a compulsory component of the course at the college level. The sequentially-exploratory mixed-method was used by the researcher to investigate the teachers’ part in developing English poetry appreciation skills in public and private intermediate colleges of Sindh province of Pakistan. The sample size of the study was 331 teachers and 563 students from 165, public and private intermediate colleges through a stratified random sampling technique. Two questionnaires SPTRDEPASIC for students’ and TSKEPIC for teachers and semi-structured interviews, with thematic analysis were used. Students shared that their teachers did not use motivational techniques, effective reinforcement strategies, and innovative assessment tools in teaching English poetry. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed significant differences in qualifications and levels of experiences of teachers. However, a considerable difference was also found in teachers’ sensitivity to cope effectively with poetry teaching based on their academic backgrounds and subject knowledge. The qualitative findings highlighted three major themes i.e. Facebook and WhatsApp’s communication rather than teachers’ instructions with help of textbooks to develop a taste for poetry, Poetry is taught like a text in the classroom and it is entirely exam-oriented. There is a wide difference in the way poetry is taught in different academic streams of public and private intermediate colleges of Sindh.References
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