Indian government school students’ perceptions of linguistic gains from novels prescribed by CBSE for ix class

Abstract

This study will give educational practitioners strategies to design and integrate novel reading content purposefully for the students; so that students can develop a positive attitude towards novel reading which will in turn help them to gain linguistically and make study more effective. This study will also through light on the teachers that in order to make students acquire linguistic gains one has to put an eye on few basic factors like students’ comfort level in adopting novel reading; problems they are facing during the reading of a novel; and their satisfaction level after reading the novel. This study will also be of immense help to the school administrators to opt for better curriculum in school so that students develop a positive attitude towards novel reading and attain linguistic gains.