English students' attitudes towards studying English poetry

Abstract EN

This study aimed to investigate the undergraduates' attitudes towards studying poetry as a subject in English language department.

Also, there was an attempt to investigate the nature of the environment in which the participants were taught English poetry.

To achieve these aims, a questionnaire was conducted from two sections.

In the first section of the questionnaire, quantitative method was used to identify the participants' attitudes towards studying poetry.

While in the second section the qualitative method was used to diagnosis the nature of the learning situation.

The number of the participants was 25 Libyan students (9 males, 16 females, and aged from 20 to 21) from The College of education.

The findings showed that most participants have shown negative attitudes towards studying English poetry.

The qualitative side of the study indicated that there was a significant correlation between the participants' attitudes and some factors related to the reality of their learning environment including the education system and curriculum developer.

Providing poetry learning environment that has the essential factors of good and sophisticated education is what this study recommended.