The Role of Children’s Fiction in Enhancing English Language at the Basic Level (A Case Study of the 8th Grade, Khartoum State 2015/2016)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the role of children’s fiction in enhancing English language learning for grade 8th at basic schools from the teachers’ and pupils’ perspectives. To fulfill the study goals, the researcher used the analytical-descriptive method. The study community included (50) teachers of English language and (60) pupils of basic level in Khartoum Locality. The researcher used the SPSS program (Statistical Packages for Social Sciences) to examine the study hypotheses. The Study results clearly show the items that measure the role of children’s fiction in enhancing language learning and improve the social, cultural awareness and personal growth. In light of the study of the study results, the major findings of this study could be concluded as follows: 1- A high proportion of both teachers’ and students’ samples revealed that children’s fiction has substantial role in enhancing the learning process of English language in grade eight at basic school in Sudan. 2- Fiction used in English language classroom in Sudan nowadays needs an act of purification and filtration in order to protect and conserve the Sudanese pupils in basic schools from the inevitable negative impacts emerging from the so-called cultural globalization that is supported by new technologies. The study offered some recommendations that additional efforts should be made to screen out the children’s fictions that should be assigned for grade eight at the basic schools. It also recommended that students must be encouraged to read carefully selected texts which take into consideration the Sudanese social, norms, tradition, and custom. Besides, the urgent need to establish school libraries and provide them with English books in various field of knowledge.