ARABS AS ESL READERS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE:THEIR ATTITUDES, THEIR RESPONSES, AND THE SOURCES OF THEIR MISINTERPRETATIONS Hala Ismail Hassan Ismail, PhD The main objective of the current study was to investigate how the Arab ESL readers read and respond to American literature. It attempted to determine the role of the Arab readers’ attitudes in responding to ESL literature. It also aimed to acknowledge the special place that the aesthetic aspect should hold in current ESL classes. This study also sought to analyze the readers’ misinterpretations in order to determine its sources. To achieve these objectives the study used a mixed methods research design. The study first examined the attitudes of Arab readers towards the American culture and towards reading the American literature. It also examined the responses of those readers towards four literary texts. The study investigated the relation between each of the participants’ attitudes and the way they responded to the selected readings. Finally, the study investigated the misinterpretations of the participants of the literary texts.
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