Challenges of Teaching Poetry in The B.Ed. Compulsory English Course

Abstract

This research entitled, Challenges of teaching poetry in the B.Ed. Compulsory English course aims to identify the problems related to teaching poetry in the B.Ed. compulsory English course. I adopted random sampling procedure to select the campuses and teachers concerned. Sample checklists and questionnaires were used as the tools for data collection. The main finding of this research was that the teachers' problems related to teaching poetry in B.Ed. level are common are lack of materials about foreign writer and also about literature, use of old language forms, no background information and clues, lack of language about foreign lecturer. It is however recommended some remedial measures for the problem. The thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one includes general background followed by introduction of the poetry, its types, use of poetry in the language class. Chapter two deals with methodology. It includes sources of data, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three manifests analysis and interpretation of the data collected from the informants. Chapter four presents the findings recommendations and pedagogical importance of the study. The references and appendices are given at the end.