FACTORS AFFECTING INTERPRETATIVE RESPONSES TO POETRY BY LITERATURE STUDENTS AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
FACTORS AFFECTING INTERPRETATIVE RESPONSES TO POETRY BY LITERATURE STUDENTS AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
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1983-01
Authors
FELICIA, AFOLASADE OLUBUNMI BAMGBALA
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Abstract
This study was undertaken to find out the
relationship of pre-degree Nigerian students'
reponses on two types of poems (African and Foreign)
to language capability, literary background, cultural
information, sex, attitude towards reading and attitude
towards poetry. It also sought to find out the
relationship between the students' pre-entry grades in
English Language and their pre-entry grades in
literature.
It was hypothesized that such factors as students'
level of linguistic competence, literary experience,
sex, attitude to reading, attitude to poetry and the
cultural content of a given poem might affect the
students' performance in poetry interpretation.
The subjects of the study were two hundred and
twenty-seven pre-university students from the School
of Basic Studies, A.B.U., Zaria; the School of
Preliminary Studies, Kano; and the School of General
Studies, Bayero University Kano. Seventeen lecturers
of Literature, of the three institutions were also
included in the study.
The results from the analyses of data showed
that students' pre-entry grades in both English
Language and Literature were highly significantly
related. Language competence, and literary
information influenced students' performance in
poetry interpretation. Sex, as a factor affected
students' attitude to poetry. Students' attitude to
reading and attitude to poetry were related to students•
performance in poetry interpretation. Furthermore, the
students performed significantly better in the poem
with an African background than the poem with a foreign
background. Finally, the majority of students and
lecturers thought poetry is the most difficult and
recorded the least interest in poetry compared to the
other two areas of literature: the play and the novel.
Description
A Research Thesis Submitted to the Postgraduate
School, Ahmadu Bello University, in Partial
Fulfilment of the Requirements for the
Degree of: MASTER OF EDUCATION in the Teaching
of English as a Second Language (TESL)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
1983
Keywords
FACTORS AFFECTING, INTERPRETATIVE RESPONSES, POETRY, LITERATURE STUDENTS, TERTIARY LEVEL, NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM