Incorporating Literature in ESL Teaching and Learning
Keywords:
Literature, Language, Learning, Learners, CompetenceAbstract
Literature in language classroom can enhance the critical thinking abilities of the learners. Incorporating literature in language classroom can be motivating and it can provide an interactive climate which can improve the communicative competence of the learners. Literature can be used to teach language through interesting activities such as brainstorming, role-playing, word association, situational scenes and prediction. Literature provides a platform where teachers are able to provide learners pleasure by engaging their affective domain. By strengthening the affective and emotional domains literature develops a sense of involvement for the learners. Literature helps students to understand another culture. The present paper discusses how incorporating literature can develop the language skills of the learners in ESL classroom.
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