DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS TOWARDS STUDYING ENGLISH - AMERICAN LITERARY WORKS

Authors

  • Huynh Di Gia Han School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Vietnam
  • Phan Ho Phuong Anh School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Vietnam
  • Pham Hong Nhung School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Vietnam
  • Lam Thao Ngan School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Vietnam
  • Thai Cong Dan Dr., Senior Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i2.376

Keywords:

Anglo-American literary works, difficulties, solutions, students' attitudes

Abstract

This study examined the challenges of learning English-American literature for English majors at Can Tho University (CTU), Vietnam. The study aimed to answer the two questions, which are the difficulties encountered by English majors and their suggested solutions to improve their learning of British-American literature/literary. The target audience was 100 English majors who have studied English-American literary works at CTU, Vietnam. A questionnaire and an interview were used to collect data for this study. A questionnaire was used to support quantitative data while an interview was used for the qualitative method. This study hoped to find out the students’ difficulties, thereby proposing solutions to overcome and improve the quality of students' literary studies.

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2022-11-13

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022)

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