A Proposed Teaching Model Based on the Semiotic Approach in Teaching English Literature and its Effectiveness in Developing Creative Writing and Deep Understanding Among University Students

Abstract

The study sought to find out the effectiveness of a proposed teaching model based on the semiotic approach in teaching English for developing creative writing and deep understanding among university students. To achieve the study aim, the mixed approach; quasi experimental approach with pre-posttest one group design was adopted and snowball focus group interviews was carried out. The sample of the study consists of (30) female senior students who study the course of World literature " Goat Days Novel" at Al-Aqsa University in the second term of the year 2021.T-Test paired sample, Effect size and efficiency were used. Pearson and Spearman correlations, Split-half technique and Difficulty and Discrimination Coefficients were used to establish the tools' validity and reliability. The study concluded that: there are statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.05) between English literature students' mean scores in the pre and post application of creative writing and deep understanding tests, in favor of the post application. In addition, the effectiveness of the proposed teaching model based on the semiotic approach is more than 0.14 according to Eta-Squared ratio. Finally, the proposed teaching model efficiency is more than 80%/70.