The Use of Young Adult Literature in Literature Class. The Case of the Department of Letters and English Language, University 8 Mai 1945 Guelma

Abstract

Throughout the years we noticed that students usually face problems concerning their motivation to study the module of literature. The module itself is often referred to as being boring, or noninteresting. The present research is an attempt to solve this issue and to see whether the use of Young-Adult can raise student’s motivation towards the module. A questionnaire was made and presented to a sample of 103 students in the English department of 8 Mai 1945 University Guelma. The analysis of the results showed that the students are aware of the importance of motivation in the course of learning, and also that they do find YAL much more interesting. Equally important, the analysis highlights that students do believe that the use of YAL can raise their motivation.