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Tsang, Art; Paran, Amos; Lau, Wilfred W. F. – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Set against the backcloth of increasing recognition and attention to literature in foreign language education (FLE) globally, this article reports part of a large-scale study of 1,190 secondary-level learners' views of the benefits of literature, as instantiated by short stories (ShS) and poems and songs (PS) in their English-as-a-foreign-language…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Tsang, Art; Paran, Amos – Curriculum Journal, 2021
Literature has been gaining growing attention in second language (L2)/foreign language (FL) education globally. In a number of places such as Hong Kong, literature has recently been given greater emphasis in the L2/FL curricula. This article reports part of a large-scale study examining learners' views of two English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Secondary School Students
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Bloemert, Jasmijn; Paran, Amos; Jansen, Ellen; van de Grift, Wim – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Understanding students' perspectives on the foreign language (FL) curriculum could be considered as a vital step in curriculum design and lesson planning. This study drew on data provided by a single open question survey to investigate the perspective of Dutch secondary school students (N = 635) from 15 different schools with regard to the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Secondary School Students, Curriculum Design