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researchers out there who wish to carry out the related studies in future and curriculum developers

               will use the findings of the study to understand the academic positions that their learners are in
               with regards to the challenges facing the teaching of poetry. Furthermore, the data from this study

               will also be useful to the learners themselves as well, since they will recognise the benefits and
               shortcomings of poetry in English as a second language. Basically most of the studies in Namibia

               will focus much on Literature in general and this could be the first study which concentrates more
               on one component of literature which is poetry.


               1.6. Limitation of the study

               The study was limited to the English Language Students teachers at the University of Namibia

               which means the results of the study may not be made general to the entire country because other
               students from other higher institutions were not considered in gathering of information. It could

               be better if the study could have included students from other universities in Namibia and this
               could  have  given us a broader picture from  the  information  to  be collected. Furthermore, the

               researchers could be given false information by students due to time constraints, avoiding lot of
               work and also other student life commitments.


               There was a possibility that some of the respondents would not provide adequate information in

               response to the questions. However, the researchers ensured that all the questions were clearly
               explained  to  the  respondents.  Respondents  could  have  said  some  negative  and  unreliable

               information during the answering of the questions. However, the researchers  ensured that a clear
               explanation about the intentions of the study was presented. Lastly, the researchers could also find

               difficulties from the respondents not getting sufficient time to the interviews.


               1.7. Delimitations of the Study
               The study was delimited to a single study area which is English language student at UNAM main

               campus, Khomas Region. This simply means that the study only focused on English language
               students that were from that institution and have participated in teaching practices at schools as

               part of their study programme. The researchers focused on a reasonable number of students who

               answered the questionnaires based on the study.









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