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Title: Engaging Learners' Comprehension, Interest and Motivation to Learn Literature Using the Reader's Theatre
Language: English
Authors: Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul, Kamarudin, Fadzliyati
Source: English Teaching: Practice and Critique. Dec 2010 9(3):132-159.
Availability: Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research, University of Waikato. PB 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=1
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 28
Publication Date: 2010
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 2
Grade 3
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Directed Reading Activity, Experiential Learning, Reading Aloud to Others, Learner Engagement, Relevance (Education), Reader Text Relationship, Grade 2, Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness
Geographic Terms: Malaysia
ISSN: 1175-8708
Abstract: This article reports on a teacher's experiment with Reader's Theatre (RT), an interactive play reading activity with elements of reading aloud, drama and theatre, for her 20 unmotivated learners of literature in a premier school in Malaysia. Using RT, the students staged Angela Wright's "Potato People". The procedures and design of the study were built around Kolb's Model of Experimental Learning. The aim of the experiment was to discern if RT is able to enhance learners' understanding of the literary text and increase learners' interest and motivation to learn literature. The quantitative and qualitative data obtained showed that RT significantly enhanced learners' understanding and increased their interest and motivation to learn literature. The findings from this study suggest that learners are able to perceive and examine literature and the learning of literature positively and constructively if the teaching and learning of literature are aligned according to the interests of the learners and, are based on creative, flexible and learner-based pedagogical approaches. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 48
Entry Date: 2011
Accession Number: EJ912627
Database: ERIC
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