THE ROLE OF LITERARY TEXTS IN A LANGUAGE TEACHING

Аннотация:

At the present, the use of literature as a technique is becoming more popular. The reason is that it helps not only teachers but also student during the ESL classes. The literature is essential and important for teachers to increase students’ motivation and interest language learning. If the teacher utilizes literary materials during the classes, students are able to enhance their four basic language skills: reading, listening, writing and speaking as well as language areas, such as vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Moreover, by using Grammar Translation Method, many language teachers make their students translate literary texts like dramas, poems, short stories into their mother tongue. Since, translation provides learners with a chance to practice lexical, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic knowledge which have acquired in other courses.