Teachers' Perception and Practice of Using Literary Texts to teach Reading Skills

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 12, Bahir Dar University, language: English, abstract: This study aims to assess the correlation between teachers' perception and practice in using literary texts to teach reading skills in the case of Ethio-national school, School of Indiana and Seattle academy in Addis Ababa. For this study, correlation design and both quantitative and qualitative data analyses approaches were employed. The samples were 43 teachers selected using comprehensive sampling. Questionnaire, classroom observation and focus group discussion were data collection tools. Both descriptive (frequency and percentage) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation) are used to analyze the quantitative data and thematic narration for qualitative. The findings of the study reveal that most of the respondents perceive using literary texts in teaching reading positively. In spite of their good perceptions, their practices of using literary texts in teaching reading were infrequent. The relationship between teachers' perception and their actual practices were positively correlated, but the degree of their correlation was weak. Thus, it is possible to recommend that teachers should use all literary materials included in the text to teach reading skill.

Dawit Dibekulu Alem is a Lecturer in TEFL at Mekdela Amba University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of English Language and Literature. He was born in Ethiopia, East Gojjam. He finished his BA studies in English Language and Literature at Woldia University, and then he accomplished his MA studies in TEFL at Debre Markos University in Debre Markos Ethiopia. Dawit is a PhD candidate at Bahir Dar University. He is a member of the Reviewer Board for some international journals (International journal of psychology and counselling, International journal of learning, teaching, and educational research), African Educational Research Journal, International Research Journals and International Journal of English and Literature. His research interests include language assessment, literature, language-learning strategies, CALL, and material development, psychology, educational psychology, curriculum and syllabus design, social sciences and other language related areas. He has published articles on many domestic and international journals and presented some papers in various conferences (Conference at GLOBETS 2021).