Towards Interactive Teaching Strategies in Teaching English Literature

Abstract

The study examined using interactive teaching strategies to raise the understanding of students in literary texts. The study used reciprocal teaching strategies with undergraduate students at UST University in Yemen. The sample research included 46 female students from the English Department's 4th level in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UST. The study's sample was randomly chosen and divided into control and experimental groups. Both groups were taught the exact content of the literature; the experimental group was taught using novel reciprocal strategies, while the control group received instruction as usual by following the department plan. The development of students reading comprehension was tested using a Pre- and Post-Reading Comprehension Test (RCT) throughout the teaching of literary courses. According to the data analysis, there is a statistically significant difference between the students' accomplishments in the experimental and control groups. It was found that literature courses that included both direct and indirect teaching techniques proved to serve the majority of students better.