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This article describes various approaches to teaching literature and provides a
rationale for an integrated approach to teaching literature in the language
classroom based on the premise that literature is language and language can
indeed be literary.
the use of literature in the EFL classroom can provide a powerful pedagogic tool
in learners’ linguistic development.
As teachers of English as a Foreign Language our main concern
is to help learners acquire communicative competence. For this reason we tend to
focus on teaching standard forms of linguistic expression
Such an approach enables learners to access a text in a systematic and
methodical way in order to exemplify specific linguistic features e.g. literal
and figurative language, direct and indirect speech.
Apart from offering a distinct literary world which can widen learners’
understanding of their own and other cultures, it can create opportunities for
personal expression as well as reinforce learners’ knowledge of lexical and
grammatical structure.
The use of literary texts in the language classroom can be a potentially
powerful pedagogic tool.