Reflection+on+IATEFL_GLASSGOW_

**FAHRIDDIN HAKIMOV. 1647692 ** **Literature Circles **
 * Cooperative study & collaborative learning through pleasure reading & social interaction **

Today most of the people don’t like reading. Some of them say that reading is boring and difficult. However, if they are guided, they may find reading interesting. From the conference ‘’Literature Circles: collaborative learning in the EFL classroom’’ I figured out that Literature Circles can provide an exciting way to promote student engagement in extensive reading throughout a foreign language course. Literature Circles in EFL are based on cooperative study and collaborative learning and offer the potential to promote reading for enjoyment. Before that I want to explain what literature circles are. Literature Circles are classroom discussion groups made up of students who read a specific section of a book or a piece of literature and perform the tasks that correspond to their roles that change for every meeting. Aim of the conference is to give some information about how to read books with enjoyment. I really liked this because this method shows the way to teach students easily and it is also appropriate for all levels of the students. Moreover, the author explained the method in clear way. Every stage was explained clearly. Moreover, these activities are teacher centered activities. The one thing that I didn’t like is that it is not valid for all students because it might be difficult for some students. Moreover, as this theory is group based activity, some passive students will face difficulties. There might be some students who want to study individually. However, whatever the reason is the researcher say that this method increased the students’ motivation and their reading accuracy and comprehension. In all it is really good method to deal with students but there are some drawback and these drawbacks should be improved. After improvement, we can 100 percent rely on this method. **Comments **

First of all, I like the way Fahriddin started his reflection because he did not write a sentence like ‘I watched that conference…’ like most of us did, instead he gave us a clue about what the reflection is about. However, I cannot see any information related to the conference session he watched; we just know that it is about literature circles and the speaker was clear while explaining the technique. Fahriddin explains the literature circles clearly and I am of the same opinion with him on most of his ideas. I also believe that this technique can increase students’ motivation and improve their collaborative skills. On the other hand, I partially agree with him on the point of shy students’ participation. It is true that those students may have some difficulty in participating in that activity, but this might be good opportunity for them to socialize.

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