Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]

Studying literature can be challenging for ESL learners. With the new cycle of poems introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2015, the teachers responded with great concerns over how to teach their students, who found poetry difficult and boring. Furthermore, the teachers found poetry less favour...

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Main Authors: Vijayarajoo, Angeline Ranjethamoney, Anuar Yatim, Ariff Imran, Maktiar Singh, Kuldip Kaur, Mohd Jani, Roslina
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Published: Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30029/1/30029.pdf
https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v16i1.6082
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Maktiar Singh, Kuldip Kaur
Mohd Jani, Roslina
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Maktiar Singh, Kuldip Kaur
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description Studying literature can be challenging for ESL learners. With the new cycle of poems introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2015, the teachers responded with great concerns over how to teach their students, who found poetry difficult and boring. Furthermore, the teachers found poetry less favourable compared to other literary genres. In order to fill the gap of a better understanding of the poems, in more engaging ways, the researchers designed a board game. The compulsory (new) poems for Forms Four and Five were used. 20 students and 40 teachers participated in this study. Data comprised the responses of the students and teachers, to the questionnaire and interview after the game. The game sessions were videotaped. The analysis of the data showed that the participants responded positively to the game. Hence, this game served as a supplementary tool in the teaching and learning of poetry in more engaging ways.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:300292020-04-15T05:07:02Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30029/ Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.] smrj Vijayarajoo, Angeline Ranjethamoney Anuar Yatim, Ariff Imran Maktiar Singh, Kuldip Kaur Mohd Jani, Roslina Learning. Learning strategies Secondary education. High school teaching Studying literature can be challenging for ESL learners. With the new cycle of poems introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2015, the teachers responded with great concerns over how to teach their students, who found poetry difficult and boring. Furthermore, the teachers found poetry less favourable compared to other literary genres. In order to fill the gap of a better understanding of the poems, in more engaging ways, the researchers designed a board game. The compulsory (new) poems for Forms Four and Five were used. 20 students and 40 teachers participated in this study. Data comprised the responses of the students and teachers, to the questionnaire and interview after the game. The game sessions were videotaped. The analysis of the data showed that the participants responded positively to the game. Hence, this game served as a supplementary tool in the teaching and learning of poetry in more engaging ways. Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30029/1/30029.pdf Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]. (2019) Social and Management Research Journal (SMRJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Social_and_Management_Research_Journal_=28SMRJ=29/>, 16 (1). pp. 55-72. ISSN 0128-1089 https://smrj.uitm.edu.my/ https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v16i1.6082 https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v16i1.6082
spellingShingle Learning. Learning strategies
Secondary education. High school teaching
Vijayarajoo, Angeline Ranjethamoney
Anuar Yatim, Ariff Imran
Maktiar Singh, Kuldip Kaur
Mohd Jani, Roslina
Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]
title Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]
title_full Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]
title_fullStr Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]
title_short Poetricks a game to engage Malaysian secondary school ESL learners in understanding poetry / Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo … [et al.]
title_sort poetricks a game to engage malaysian secondary school esl learners in understanding poetry angeline ranjethamoney vijayarajoo et al
topic Learning. Learning strategies
Secondary education. High school teaching
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30029/1/30029.pdf
https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v16i1.6082
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