A Pedagogic Study of Select Literary Works for Innovative Methods of Teaching World Literature
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Pedagogic Study, Teaching Strategies, Reading Profile and Innovative MethodsAbstract
Humans after birth do not have the faculty to read. The process of reading takes a momentum and time. It has been observed that language is one of the major barriers of the non native speakers of English on their access to linguistic competence. Undeniably, this linguistic competence is associated with the reading aptitude. They go hand in hand to achieve meaningful academic outputs. This study anchored its salient points from the schema theory which states that interactive process takes place in reading comprehension between the text and the reader's circumstantial knowledge. Reading comprehension includes one's understanding of the world which maybe culturally founded and customarily biased. In addition, it dealt with the factors that are related to the reading profile, marks and assessment of the student respondents in the study of World Literature. Two classes with engineering and computer science students were utilized. After identifying the strengths and weakness, it is recommended that appropriate methods in teaching world literature to students whose native language is Arabic.
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