Abstract
As a perspective, it seems that the main objective of EFL teaching is to facilitate a fluent communication on the target language. This makes many facilitators believe that an ELF class should focus on mastering linguistic components only. But the main concern of EFL facilitators should be to help learners acquire communicative competence. So, As obvious, the recent trend in EFL teaching indicates necessity of blending literature approach for its rich potential to provide an authentic model of language use. Theoretically, using of literature in language teaching is very advantageous. This paper will review some ideas and research regarding the importance of literature in language classes. It will show how students are enhanced of learning through literature as an impact of the motivational texts. The purpose of this paper is to familiarize language teachers with the effectiveness of using literary contents and to teach how to exploit the text for enhancing student’s skills. It will also look for scopes of methodological innovation within teaching language through literary texts. It will include a lesson plan for young learners of an English medium school of Bangladesh where literature is used in language classes to blend all the skills of learning. It will also provide the potentials and challenges toward using literature as a resource for language teaching.
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Lina, Naima Akhter
(2024)
"LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS,"
International Journal of English Learning & Teaching Skills (IJELTS): Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 16.
Available at:
https://research.smartsociety.org/ijelts/vol2/iss2/16