Daskalovska, Nina and Dimova, Violeta (2012) Why should literature be used in the language classroom? Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. ISSN 1877-0428
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Abstract
Communicative methodologies that emerged in the 1970s stress the importance of using authentic materials and activities in the
classroom in order to help students achieve communicative competence that will enable them to use the language for
communicative purposes in the real world. However, the materials and classroom activities focus on the referential function of
the language and do not offer opportunities for imaginative involvement. Therefore, students do not acquire the ability to
understand the creative uses of the language or to function in situations in which they have to make interpretations and
evaluations, and give their personal response and reaction. This paper argues that inclusion of literature in language teaching
materials will provide students with the opportunities to experience and use the language more creatively and to develop greater
awareness of the language they are learning.
© 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords: literature; language acquisition; authentic materials, language awareness; communicative competence.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Humanities > Languages and literature |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Philology |
| Depositing User: | Violeta Dimova |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Dec 2012 11:05 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2014 10:12 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/4600 |
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