The Rhetorical Difficulties of Teaching English Novel to the Third Grade from the Instructors and Students' Perspectives

Abstract

This study aims at revealing the rhetorical difficulties of teaching English novel to the third grade from the instructors and students' perspectives at the Universities of Tikrit and Kirkuk. Identifying the rhetorical difficulties and the problems that face Third grade students in the English Departments in Colleges of Education for Humanities at Tikrit and Kirkuk Universities in teaching English novel from instructors' and students' perspectives. In order to achieve the aims of the study certain procedures have been followed: The population are 161 undergraduate EFL students, in the third year of English Departments, Colleges of Education for Humanities of Tikrit and Kirkuk, the sample is 65 students, whereas the population of instructors are 25 who teach third year students English literature at both Colleges of Education Tikrit and Kirkuk Universitie The instrument is a questionnaire for both teachers and students. First questionnaire has been constructed and distributed to the teachers who are teaching English novel to third year students of English Department in the Colleges of Education for humanities at Tikrit and Kirkuk Universities, to find out the nature of the difficulties that face teachers in teaching novel. Then the questionnaire has been constructed and distributed to the third year students of English Department in the Colleges of Education at Tikrit and Kirkuk Universities. The teachers questionnaire contains (50) items, to be answered by English novel teachers, while the questionnaire of students contains (20) items, to be answered by the third year students. The novels that are included in the questionnaire are : "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens The face and the content validity of the questionnaire have been ascertained. It has been submitted to a jury of ten experts in English language . The questionnaire has been applied to (15)teachers in English departments at the Colleges of Education for Humanities at Tikrit and Kirkuk Universities. Through the analysis of the results of the two questionnaire. It has been found out that the students face many rhetorical difficulties in studying novel and these difficulties can be categorized into two kinds: 1.Difficulty in understanding rhetorical. Difficulty in teaching a rhetorical devices. After the analysis of the results of the current study. It is recommended and concluded that rhetorical aspect of novel should be concentrated , explained , analyzed to students .