Reading poetry in secondary School: A case study

Atung, Asaul (2007) Reading poetry in secondary School: A case study. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This study sought to identify how Form Five students feel about reading poetry. It also aims at identifying the factors of the difficulties as well as the strategies employed by these students whenever they faced these difficulties. Data for this study were collected through the administration of a series of focus group interviews over a period of two weeks by using open-ended interview questions. The interview sessions are audio- taped, transcribed, analyzed and reported in percentages and described qualitatively. There were fifteen Form five students in one of the rural school in Sarawak involved in this study. The findings indicated that a majority of the students dislike reading poetry. A majority of them also have difficulties in understanding some archaic, unfamiliar words, to interpret the message of the poems as well as the meaning of the poems as they claimed that the poems were linguistically difficult. On the other hand, most students prefer consulting the dictionary, teacher, family members or friends whenever they faced difficulties in understanding the poems in order to address the difficulties they faced in reading poetry

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