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Preference of the Learners towards Literature Based Materials in
the Present Textbook of Classes IX and X in Bangladesh

Farjana Khanum, M.A.


Abstract

The present study aims to emphasize the effectiveness of using literature in the textbook of classes ix-x in Bangladesh. It reviews the arguments for using literature in the language classroom. It is found that literary texts provide wide scope to explore multi-dimensional use of the language in the classroom. The study seeks the preference of the learners’ towards using literature based materials in their present text book. In the empirical study the data is collected from five different schools through questionnaire survey. To analyze the data Likert’s scale is used. The major findings indicate that learners like to deal with literature based materials like short stories, poems and simplified versions of literary pieces. The study also finds that huge amount of group work and pair work that are provided by the present textbook of classes ix and x are not done in the classroom. In the last the study recommends some suggestions in order to make the teaching-learning process more effective in Bangladesh.

Keywords: EFL, Bangladesh, textbook, literature, CLT

Preliminaries

As a result of globalization it has become the basic need for all of us to be competent in English. Now it is used as a means of world communication, diplomacy, science and technology, trade and commerce, research and information. Like many other non-native English-speaking countries English education in Bangladesh is marked by several problems. Teaching materials or textbooks play an important role in English Language Teaching (ELT), particularly in a context where English is used as a Foreign Language (EFL). In such a context a textbook provides the primary (perhaps only) form of linguistic input. It meets a learner’s needs or expectations of having something concrete to work from and take home for further study. It is very important to make the textbook effective with selective contents in the teaching-learning process. But the current textbook of class ix-x in our country is not found effective due to wrong selection of contents.

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Farjana Khanum, M.A.
Lecturer, Department of English
Ishakha International University
Bangladesh
farjanak24@gmail.com
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