An analaysis of the attitudes of the instructors and students towards the use of literature in English language teaching

This thesis aims at investigating the relationships betveen the study of literatüre and language teaching in preparatory classes. The study also intends to investigate vhether there exists a statistically significant difference between the opinions of instructors and students on the study of literatüre in language teaching with particular reference to their departmental affiliations. For this purpose subjects were chosen randomly from three different universities --Gaziantep University, Atatürk University and Van 100. Yıl University-- having English Language and Literatüre Department Preparatory Classes. Subjects were also included from two other departments that offered English instruction as & service course for students from other departments in the University of Gaziantep, Foreign Languages Department and Girne American University Business Management Department Preparatory Section. A descriptive type of investigation has been undertaken in this study. in order to collect data, a guestionnaire has been prepared and administered to the subjects. After the administration of the guestionnairfe the differences between the opinions of instructors at the departments and opinions of students based on the departmental affiliations have been analyzed. The percentages of the results have been illustrated in the tables and the results have been tested by the non-parametric test of 'significance', chi-square. iiiThe analysis of data indicated that there existed a significant difference between the opinions of students and instructors for some of the questions on the use of literature in language teaching. This difference originates from the departments they study in. In the light of the findings of this study further recommendations have been made. Science Code:ELT 599 IV