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PAKISTANI ADVANCED EFL LEARNERS PERCEPTIONS OF ROLE OF PAKISTANI ENGLISH SHORT STORIES IN INCREASING MOTIVATION AND INTEREST IN READING CLASSROOM

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28      10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28      Published : Jun 2021

Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom

Abstract

    This research was conducted to study the effectiveness of Pakistani English short stories to increase the level of interest and motivation of the students in reading class. The first part of this study was experimental research that found the positive effect of indigenous English literature on students' interest and motivation in reading classrooms. This second part is based on the students' perceptions about using Pakistani short stories in the reading classroom. The advanced EFL students constituted the population of this study. The study revealed that the students found the reading lessons based on Pakistani English short stories much more effective as compared to the ones based on foreign literature as the former was easy to understand and relate to, and increased the students' motivation level. The study recommends including indigenously produced English literature in the Pakistani curriculum.

    Indigenous Literature, Interest, Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Literature

    (1) Ubaidullah Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Tahira Malik
    Lecturer (visiting), Department of Business and Management Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Shamim Ara Shams
    Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Literature, Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, U., Malik, T., & Shams, S. A. (2021). Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom. Global Language Review, VI(II), 263 - 275. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khan, Ubaidullah, Tahira Malik, and Shamim Ara Shams. 2021. "Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom." Global Language Review, VI (II): 263 - 275 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28

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    HARVARD : KHAN, U., MALIK, T. & SHAMS, S. A. 2021. Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom. Global Language Review, VI, 263 - 275.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khan, Ubaidullah, Tahira Malik, and Shamim Ara Shams. 2021. "Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom." Global Language Review, VI: 263 - 275

MLA

    MLA : Khan, Ubaidullah, Tahira Malik, and Shamim Ara Shams. "Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom." Global Language Review, VI.II (2021): 263 - 275 Print.

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    OXFORD : Khan, Ubaidullah, Malik, Tahira, and Shams, Shamim Ara (2021), "Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom", Global Language Review, VI (II), 263 - 275

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Ubaidullah, Tahira Malik, and Shamim Ara Shams. "Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom." Global Language Review VI, no. II (2021): 263 - 275. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28