The Strategies Used by the English Language Teachers of The 11th Grade and their Attitudes Toward Teaching the Different Literary Texts in the Northern Districts of Palestine

The purpose of this study was to investigate the main strategies that English Language teachers of the 11th grade use in teaching the different literary works. It also aimed at determining the teachers attitudes toward teaching literature, the effect of teaching literature on the students use of language , and the approach mostly used in teaching the different literary texts. The study addressed the following questions: What are the English language teachers' attitudes toward teaching English literature as part of teaching English language for the 11th grade? What is the effect of teaching literature on the students' use of language from the teachers' view point? What Approach is mostly used in teaching the different literary texts (Student-centered or teacher-centered)? What strategies are mostly used by English language teachers of 11th grade in teaching poetry? Novel or short story? Play ? What is the order of all the sub-domains? Is there a significant difference in the teachers' attitudes toward teaching literature, the effect of teaching literature on the students' use of language, the approach mostly used in teaching literature, and the strategies mostly used in teaching poetry, novel or short story, and play due to the teachers gender? Qualification? Participation in in-service training courses? Experience? The main findings of the study are: Teachers have positive attitude toward teaching English literature as part of teaching English language. Teachers believe that teaching literature has positive effect on the students use of language. The approach mostly used in teaching the different literary texts is a student-centered one. Teachers' generally use high positive strategies in teaching poetry, novel, short story, and play. In light of these findings, the study recommends: Teachers should use various strategies that proved to be effective in teaching the different literary texts. Curriculum designers should modify the goals of teaching literature, to include more effective practical goals. The time allocated to teaching anthology should be increased to enable the teachers to use more effective strategies. Teachers should be given specialized training courses in teaching the different genres of literature. Other researchers should conduct experimental studies to investigate the effectiveness of some strategies. Conduct other studies by using other variables as the teachers' knowledge of strategies, and the degree of using these strategies. Conduct other experimental studies on the students to find what strategies they use while reading literature . A study is recommended to investigate the students linguistic achievement in a literary text after using a certain strategy of teaching