STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE IN READING AND WRITING SKILLS
Keywords:
students’ perception, literature, reading and writing skills
Abstract
For language learners, being skilled in all part of the language is priority. In order to have those skills, many ways are done by the learners. Not only the method of study, have some other fields of study also given a contribution to the learning process. Literature, as one of the fields, has a lot of contributions to the language elements and skills. All part of listening, speaking, reading and writing, including vocabulary and grammar are much contributed through studying literature. In this study, the writer was interested in conducting a deep discussion about the students’ perception on the contribution of literature in reading and writing skills. The sample of this study was 52 English Department students who had taken literature courses. The data were taken by distributing them opened-questionnaires consist of some questions about the contribution of literature in reading and writing skills which are related to their own experiences. The result shows that 8% of the students stated that literature gave a significant contribution to their writing skill only, and 25 % of them agreed that literature gave a significant contribution to their reading skill only, and 67% of them agreed that literature gave a significant contribution to both of their reading and writing skill as well.
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Ager, Simon, (2011) Writing Definiton. (online), http: www.omniglot.com/writing Definition/htm
Aiex, Nola Kortner (1993). Bibliotherapy. ERIC Digest. Bloomington, IN: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Skills. [ED 357 333]
Aiex, Nola Kortner (1993). Bibliotherapy. ERIC Digest. Bloomington, IN: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Skills. [ED 357 333]
Bartlett, F. C. (1932). Remembering. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Boyd, William. (2014) "A short history of the short story". Prospect Magazine.
Broom, M.E., et al,(1951) Effective Reading Instruction, New York: Mc Graw Hill Book Company. Inc.
ByHaley Drucker (2019) the Five Main Genres of Literature: Literature Study Guides and Chapter Summaries https://www.brighthubeducation.com/homework-help-literature/100292-the-five-main-genres-of-literature/
Cody, Gabrielle H. (2007). The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama (Volume 1 ed.). New York City: Columbia University Press.
Colibaba, Ştefan. (2010). ”The Nature of the Short Story: Attempts at Definition”. Synergy. 6 (2): 220–230.
Denzin, N., & Lincoln. Y.(1994). Handbook of Qualitative Research.Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Sage Publications Inc.
Donn Byrne, (1979) Teaching Writing Skills, England: Longman.
Eckhoff, Barbara (1983). "How Reading Affects Children's Writing." Language Arts, 60(5), 607-16. [EJ 280 834]
Elam, Kier. (1980). The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. London and New York: Methuen.. ISBN 978-0-416-72060-0.
Farner, Geir (2014). "Chapter 2: What is Literary Fiction?".. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
Finnegan, Ruth H. (1977). Oral poetry: its nature, significance, and social context. Indiana University Press.
Finnegan, Ruth. (1974). "How Oral Is Oral Literature?". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 37 (1): 52–64. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00094842.JSTOR 614104
Franco Moretti, ed. (2006). "The Novel in Search of Itself: A Historical Morphology".The Novel, Volume 2: Forms and Themes. Princeton: Princeton UP. ISBN 978-0-691-04948-9.
Gillet, Jean Wallace and Charles Temple, (1994) Understanding Reading Problems, Fourth Edition, New York: Harper Collins College Publisher.
Graff, Richard. (2005). "Prose versus Poetry in Early Greek Theories of Style".Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric. 23 (4): 303–335.
Grellet, Francoise, (1981) Developing Reading Skill: a Practical Guide to Reading Comprehension Exercises, London: Cambridge University Press.
Hade, Daniel D. (1991). "Being Literary in a Literature-Based Classroom." Children's Literature in Education, 22(1),1-17. [EJ 425 323]
Harmer, Jeremy, (1987) The Practice of English Language Teaching, New York: Longman Inc.
Harmon, William and C. Hugh Holman. 1990. A Handbook to Literature (7th edition). New York: Prentice Hall.
Heilman, Blair, and Rupley,(1981) Principles and Practices of Teaching Reading, Fifth Edition, A Bell and Nowell co.
Heller, MF, (1991) Reading-Writing Connections: From Theory to Practice, England: Longman
Jack, Goody (2006). "From Oral to Written: An Anthropological Breakthrough in Storytelling". In Franco Moretti (ed.). The Novel, Volume 1: History, Geography, and Culture. Princeton: Princeton UP.
Lipsky, Abram. (1908). "Rhythm in Prose". The Sewanee Review. 16 (3): 277–289.JSTOR 27530906
Mattgodwing. (2016), Top Five Reasons to Study Literature. http://www.teachermirror.com/2016/10/22/top-five-reasons-to-study-literature/
May, Charles. (1995). The Short Story. The Reality of Artifice. New York: Twain.
McLeod, S. A. (2017). Qualitative vs. quantitative research. Retrieved from https://www.simplypsychology.org/qualitative-quantitative.html
Meyer, Jim. (1997). . “What is literature? A Definition Based on Protoypes”. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session. 41(1).
Milhorn, H. Thomas. (2006). Writing Genre Fiction. Universal Publishers: Boca Raton.
Mueller, Marie R. Lindsay (1984). "The Universality of the Folktale with Examples from Days of Old." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Conference of the International Reading Association. [ED 246 467]
Napier, Georgia, and Munir Ali (1992). "An Analysis of the Need Fulfillment Imagery in Children's Folk Tales." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association. [ED 354 529]
O’Malley, J. M.. & L.V. Piece, (1996) Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners, Practical Approaches for Teacher, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Poulston Bruder, (1976) Teaching English as Second Language AND Procedures, USA: Little Brown Company
Pratt, Marie Louise. (1994). Charles May (ed.). The Short Story: The Long and the Short of It. Athens: Ohio UP.
Preminger, Alex; et al. (1993). The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. US: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02123-2.
Raimess, Ann, (1983) Technique in Teaching Writing, New York: Oxford University.
Sageng, Fossheim, & Larsen (eds.). (2012). The Philosoophy of Computer Games. . Springer Science & Business Media.
Sahr, Breanna, 2015, 7 Reasons why loterarure is So Important, https://www.theodysseyonline.com/7-reasons-why-literature-is-so-important
Smith, Carl B. (1991). "The Role of Different Literary Genres." Reading Teacher, 44(6), 440-41. [EJ 421 147]
Smith, Carl B. (1991). "The Role of Different Literary Genres." Reading Teacher, 44(6), 440-41. [EJ 421 147]
Smith, Carl B. (1994). Helping Children Understand Literary Genres." ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading English and Communication Bloomington IN. , ED366985
Sommerville, C. J. (1996). The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information. Oxford: OUP.
Spache, George D. and Evelyn F. Spache, (1986) Reading in the Elementary School, Massachusetts: Allin and Bacon Inc
Stacy Smith,. (2019). What are the Benenfit of English Literature, https://www.theclassroom.com/benefits-english-literature-11890.html
Stauffer, Russel G., (1969) Directing Reading Maturity as a Cognitive Process, New York: Harper and Row Publisher.
Steven, JR, (1983) Writing Better Composition, New Jersey: The University of Chicago Press.
Terry, Eagleton. (2008). Literary theory: an introduction: anniversary edition (Anniversary, 2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4051-7921-8.
Tracz, Richard Francis, (2012) Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, (online), http://www.time4writing.com/writing-mechanic.
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Rita Hermida. (2019). STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE IN READING AND WRITING SKILLS. Getsempena English Education Journal , 6(1), 133-147. https://doi.org/10.46244/geej.v6i1.871
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