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Content was limited to English/Literature education by distance teacher education students. English/Literature is taken as a double main language during teacher training at university so in distance education. Several government reports attribute the poor performance of students in national exams to poor expression in English language. To that effect, there have been increased strategies to motivate students to take English and literature as teaching subjects so as to increase English teachers in schools. Some of the government strategies include but not limited to government sponsorships to study English/literature at university, easy appointment into public service upon completion among others. However, these strategies have not increased the number of English teachers to the level expected nationwide.
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Several aspects are covered in English/literature including reading, analyzing and interpreting novels which equip students with writing skills. As writing is a very complex field to learn in a two weeks of face to face sessions, very many students require a lot of collaboration with peers and lecturers to perfect their literature reading and writing skills which is weak. Furthermore some literature books are rare and if found are expensive that a few shared copies are only found in the university library. The online intervention sets out to bridge the distance in literature writing among classmates or peers and the lecturer starting with the formative assessment of students' essays popularly known as course work < Previous *** (Home)** * Next>