Teachers’ Common Approaches in Teaching Literature by Using Cognitive Approach in Secondary Schools, Malaysia
Pendekatan Guru Dalam Pengajaran Kesusasteraan Dengan Menggunakan Pendekatan Cognitive Poetics di Sekolah Menengah, Malaysia
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https://doi.org/10.53840/attarbawiy.v7i2.159Keywords:
common approaches, English Literature, teachers, secondary school studentsAbstract
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This qualitative research studies teachers’ common approaches used for teaching literature for the past two years (2020-2022) and this research is part of an ongoing study to explore whether they could incorporate cognitive poetics in the teaching of literature in the classroom. The use of cognitive poetics in teaching literature in the classroom is the main area that is studied in this research and the researchers intend to find out if this approach could assist teachers in teaching this subject to facilitate students’ understanding of literary texts. This paper would like to shed findings on the common approaches that teachers used to garner students’ interests in studying literary works. The implication of this research is to answer the questions whether the common approaches used by the teachers lead to the declining interest in the subject among students.
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Kajian kualitatif ini mengkaji pendekatan para guru dalam mengajar subjek sastera dalam dua tahun yang lepas (2020-2022). Kajian ini juga adalah salah satu kajian yang berterusan untuk mengenal pasti sama ada para guru boleh memasukkan elemen cognitive poetics dalam pengajaran sastera di sekolah. Penggunaan cognitive poetics dalam pengajaran sastera adalah fokus utama dalam kajian ini dan pengkaji ingin mengenal pasti jika pendekatan ini dapat membantu pelajar lebih memahami teks sastera. Kajian artikel ini juga mengenal pasti pendekatan yang digunakan oleh para guru untuk menarik minat pelajar dalam subjek sastera. Implikasi kajian ini adalah untuk menjawab persoalan adakah pendekatan yang digunakan oleh guru-guru membawa kepada penurunan minat terhadap subjek sastera di kalangan pelajar.
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