e-Proceeding of the Global Conference on Technology in Language Learning 2015 (e-ISBN 978-967- 0792-03-3). Meliá Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organized by http://worldconferences.net/home/ 1ST GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY IN LANGUAGE LEARNING 2015 (GLIT2015) JUNE 2015 203 THE APPLICATION OF ICT IN ENGLISH LITERATURE CLASSROOMS Siti Hawa Muhamad & Effendi Abdullah Faculty of Management and Muamalah International Islamic University College Selangor (KUIS) sitihawa.m@kuis.edu.my Maryam Hamzah Pusat Pengajian Bahasa, Literasi dan Terjemahan Universiti Sains Malaysia ABSTRACT The penetration of ICT in the Malaysian society today might influence teaching and learning across various disciplines at higher learning institutions, including English literature courses. This paper reports on a study which investigated the use of ICT in English literature classrooms at an Islamic tertiary institution. Selected English literature instructors were interviewed on the use of ICT in their English literature classes. This paper will discuss the findings of the study and recommend suggestions to improve the teaching and learning of English literature through the use of ICT application. Field of Research: English literature, English Studies, tertiary education; ICT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 1. Introduction Information and Communication Technology (ICT) permeates every aspect of a modern society from fields as diverse as health to agriculture. ICT has also played a significant role in the local educational field for the past few years. During his speech in the Digital Education Show Asia, the Malaysian Education Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin stressed that education should be flexible in incorporating ICT at schools as the technology is changing at a faster rate than change at the school level (Fernandez, 2013). This flexibility of incorporating ICT should not only take place at schools but in tertiary iŶstitutioŶs as ǁell ďeĐause the latteƌs Ŷatuƌe of iŶdepeŶdeŶt leaƌŶiŶg ǁould ďe fuƌtheƌ enhanced through a well-used ICT application in its teaching and learning sessions. ICT application should be used especially in English Literature courses. English Literature courses are offered in most higher learning institutions in Malaysia. In the target area of study, X University College, an Islamic tertiary institution, the courses are offered as part of the academic structure for Diploma in English Language Studies. English Literature, a content subject, is not easy as students who learn it have to deal with both the language and the content (Melor & Ashairi, 2014). It is a challenge for the English literature instructors as well as the students to understand and appreciate the literary texts especially if the students lack in terms of the language repertoire (Melor & Ashairi, 2014). Cited from Ghazali et al. in Melor & Ashairi (2014), past researches have proven that teachers spent a lot of time employing conventional methods such as discussing the plot, characters and themes of literary texts in class and such methods were considered as boring by students. To overcome this problem, there is a need for the use of ICT in English Literature classrooms to create a fun and interesting learning environment and ease the process of learning Literature. Initial observation shows that the