Investigating teacher’s techniques in the use of Cognitive Learning Theory in Literature Classes The Case of the Department of English at MMUTO

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2022

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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi –Ouzou

Abstract

This study investigates teachers’ techniques in the use of the Cognitive Learning Theory in Literature Classes in the Department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi – Ouzou . It aims to discover to what extent teachers use these techniques while teaching literary student, and get insights into teachers’ way of implementing cognitive strategies to help learners to organize and process information as well. This research relies on models of data processing and its importance in teaching literature, and its application in teaching learning process. The target population of the research was the teachers of literature. To analyze the data collected, we used a mixed- methods approach combining both qualitative and quantitative methods. The data gathered from the open –ended questions of the questionnaire and the classroom observation were analyzed using the qualitative content analysis, by describing and interpreting the teachers’ answers, while the close-ended questions of the questionnaires were analyzed using quantitative content analysis. For collecting data (25) questionnaires were distributed to teachers of literature and (12) classroom observations were conducted. The results of this study revealed that all teachers of literature use the cognitive strategies in their class in order to facilitate literature to their learners. Finally, they revealed that students participate and understand their literary text by the techniques of cognitivism by shifting from remembering to understanding the information to analyze, evaluate the content and enhance creativity in their learners.

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63p. : ill. en coul. ; 30cm.(+CD-Rom)

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Cognitivism, Information Processing Model, Learning, Literary text, Reading and writing Skills, Teaching Literature

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Foreign Language Didactics