Using Literary Texts to Improve Students’ Motivation and Understanding on Introduction to British Culture Course

Eva Najma, Ayendi, Novalinda

2018

Abstract

This classroom action research aims to improve the teachers’ way in instructing students of Introduction to British Culture course which consists of 33 students. Then, it makes easy and pleasant to understand the topics given. In this case, we use literary texts as well as textbooks to understand the culture of British society. From the results of the comparison, this research is conducted for one semester, starting with the mid-semester exam, the method of learning used is the usual method through discussion of British cultural topics. While the method of learning given after mid-semester to the final exam of the semester applies Classroom Action Research (CAR) based on the theory [1]. The result of the research, at the beginning of the session until the end of the semester, the students' motivation in learning when using literary texts is more enthusiastic and creative, especially in reading the material rather than just discussing cultural topics determined in the previous class. Discussions using literary texts to understand British culture are also warmer than before. The level of student participation and understanding is also higher when using literary texts. It is proved that the final exam score is mostly higher than a mid-semester test score. It is interesting to conclude that the level of understanding students’ British culture is not determined whether the literary work is classical or contemporary, but the decisive is the style of the author in describing the literary works.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Najma E., Ayendi. and Novalinda. (2018). Using Literary Texts to Improve Students’ Motivation and Understanding on Introduction to British Culture Course.In Improving Educational Quality Toward International Standard - Volume 1: ICED-QA, ISBN 978-989-758-392-6, pages 34-37. DOI: 10.5220/0008678900340037

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iced-qa18,
author={Eva Najma and Ayendi and Novalinda},
title={Using Literary Texts to Improve Students’ Motivation and Understanding on Introduction to British Culture Course},
booktitle={Improving Educational Quality Toward International Standard - Volume 1: ICED-QA,},
year={2018},
pages={34-37},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008678900340037},
isbn={978-989-758-392-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Improving Educational Quality Toward International Standard - Volume 1: ICED-QA,
TI - Using Literary Texts to Improve Students’ Motivation and Understanding on Introduction to British Culture Course
SN - 978-989-758-392-6
AU - Najma E.
AU - Ayendi.
AU - Novalinda.
PY - 2018
SP - 34
EP - 37
DO - 10.5220/0008678900340037