Integrating ICT-supported flipped classrooms for comprehension and critical analysis in English literature education: A literature review

Abstract

This literature review integrates information and communications technology in the context of English literature literacy instruction to carve deep understanding and critical analysis skills in learners. Flipped classrooms are analyzed for learner self-direction, thinking skills application, and sophisticated text engagement as per 21st-century educational shifts. Peer-reviewed research conducted from 2015 – 2025 was synthesized to study the integration of Information and Communication Technology in flipped classrooms and literature teaching for higher education. It challenges disparity in digital resource availability, attitudinal and competency issues of teachers toward technology, and the relevance of ICT resources to adopted pedagogy. This review explores the role of professional learning, organizational change, and collaboration in learning design toward the resolution of these issues. Despite the robust affordances of flipped classrooms for student engagement and higher-order thinking skill development, ICT-supported pedagogy optimized for engagement requires more deliberate efforts toward harnessed educator or lecturer willingness, planning, and adaptable implementations. The findings enhance recommendations for the reform of English literature curricula and demonstrate the promise of flipped learning in the teaching of English literature.