Understanding English poetry by EFL Arab learners: the case study of Taibah UniversityUla Branch

الملخص EN

The goal of this study is to determine how EFL students at the university level understand English poetry.

The participants in this study are 46 students from Taibah University Alula Campos' Languages and Translation Department for the 2019-2020 academic year.

To collect data about the study, the researchers used quizzes and written exams.

This paper examines a number of challenges that students confront when taking quizzes or assessments on English poetry comprehension.

The study shows that the students do not know how to define literature or classify its major genres using complete sentences.

Neither do they distinguish the definition of poetry or a poem from the characteristics of a poem or the basic elements of a poem.

Another common error students make when submitting their coursework is failing to employ proper formatting and literary language.

Thus, this paper investigates these problems and analyzes the data acquired from their answers and assignments and finally, the researchers will give recommendations to correct students' problems and avoid them as soon as possible.