Challenges Encountered in Teaching Literature to Grade 10 Students at Bagong Silang Caloocan City Academic Year 2018-2019

Abstract

Literature is a subject that inspires, informs, and provides enjoyment to readers, especially in Grade-10 students. However, due to rampant pirated videos or movie collections nowadays, students lost interest in reading literature. They failed to read stories written by well-known writers like Shakespeare and other literature subjects became very boring and monotonous to them. This study used the descriptive design to find out the challenges encountered in teaching literature to grade 10 students at Bagong Silang High School Academic Year 2018-2019. 15 English Teachers served as respondents and answered the questionnaires. The data is presented through percentage, Likert scale, ranking, and weighted mean. Based on the majority of the findings, the respondents are ages 26-30 years old. Students, in terms of ability, have poor comprehension, lack of interest, and difficulty in using the English language. There is also insufficiency in books and educational technologies. Many adaptations literature books are also included. The results demonstrate that the school and institution must hire an experienced teacher. Also, proper practice and encouragement in using the language could help the students to understand the text. Technological literacy also can help the teachers improve and catch the interest of the students.