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When the new novel was introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2015, the teachers were concerned with how they were going to make meaning of the new text for themselves and then to help their students to make meaning of it in classrooms. At this point in time, the researcher asked for volunteers to form a Teacher Literature Circle (TLC). A Teacher Literature Circle is an informal gathering of teachers to discuss a literary work on a regular basis, in order to facilitate understanding of the text. Four teachers from an urban school participated in the study. The Teacher Literature Circle (TLC) discussions took place weekly for seven consecutive weeks, each session varying from two to four hours each. Data comprised the transcripts of every TLC discussion and the interview data of the teachers after the TLC discussions. The findings revealed that one of the ways in which the teachers made meaning of the text was by sharing personal experiences in the TLC. It was also found that the teachers brought their meaning making processes into the classrooms, to enable the students to understand the text better as it informed and influenced their classroom practices. Hence, TLCs were a means for teachers to learn together, transfer their meaning making processes to, and improve their teaching practices in the classroom settings.
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To Cite this Article: Vijayarajoo, A. R., Samuel, M. S. G., & Colaco, L. (2021). How Teachers’ Meaning Making Processes During Teacher Literature Circles Transcend Into The Classrooms: Teacher-Sharing Of Personal Experiences In A Malaysian School Context. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(9), 122–130.
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