ASSESSING ENGLISH TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF LITERARY TEXTS IN GRADE 11 TEXTBOOK

Abstract

This study tried to assess teachers’ and students’ practice and perceptions about using literary texts in teaching and learning reading skills. The study was conducted in dukem preparatory school in Grade 11, with a population of three teachers and 80 students. The data for the study was collected using quantitatively and qualitatively. A total of three teachers and 75 students were responded to the questionnaire, 2 classes were observed and all the teachers and 20 students were interviewed. The teachers’ and students’ practice and perceptions conducted in the literary text lessons were identified while the reasons why they avoided or employed the literary texts in teaching reading were clarified. The finding of this research revealed that it was easy to generalize the teachers and the students ‘perceptions towards literary texts and its practice in teaching and learning reading skill in the classrooms