The Importance of Using the Integrated Approach and Metacognitive Skills in Under standing American History through Literature : The Case of Third Year Students at the Departmentof English, University of Laghouat

Abstract

The process of history learning at higher levels, such as the university level, develops relevance when lessons are committed only to the study of repeated events rather than creating new learning methods and skills to explore the core of the subject. Actual practices in classrooms, however, reflect a continuing carelessness towards the civilization course, whose significance goes beyond mere historical narration to the past. The present research aims at introducing the significance of using the integrated approach and metacognitive skills, as the alternative learning method and skills to the course of history, have on developing students’ achievements in integrating literature in understanding it. The mixed method is the appropriate one in combining and analysing the elements of quantitative and qualitative data in order to reach the desired-objective and answering the research question. Furthermore, the pre-experimental design ishighlyneededtotesttheeffectsoftheintegrated approach on a small group of third year students of the department of English at the University of Laghouat. Finally, the current dissertation concluded that the integrated approachishighlyrecommendedasaneffectivelearningstrategyforstudents