Problem Formulation Research Objectives Research Limitation Research Benefits

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B. Problem Formulation

Based on the background explained above, the problems of the research are formulated as follows: 1. What is the PBI students’ perception on the study of literature in English Language Teaching? 2. What is the contribution on the study of literature in English Language Teaching?

C. Research Objectives

This research attempts to find out the following: 1. The PBI students’ perception on the study of literature in English Language Teaching at Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. 2. The contribution of the literature courses in English Language Teaching. Furthermore, it is also to explore the negative and positive implications of the literary forms and its role on students’ learning success.

D. Research Limitation

This research is limited to the discussion of PBI students’ perception on the study of literature in English Language Teaching and its contribution for the students in learning success. This research is done through questionnaire and verifying interview in Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, August 2009. 5

E. Research Benefits

Considering all of the explanations above, the research contributions are thus: 1. For English lecturers The lecturers will know the students’ perceptions on their literature class so that they can reflect the result to their teaching. Therefore, the lecturers will know the best suited method for teaching literature courses in English Language Teaching. They can improve their teaching to be more effective after knowing the students’ perceptions on the English class and several factors related to it. Besides, they will also know in – depth the contribution of literature courses in English Language Teaching. 2. For the students The students can share their perceptions on the contribution of literature in ELT. Furthermore, the students would know what implications they might gain by studying literature in ELT classes, either consciously or unconsciously. Hopefully, by knowing its perception the students will enjoy literature class. 3. Other researchers who are interested in this field Other researchers who are interested to conduct similar research can use this research as a reference. 6

F. Definition of Terms