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The document discusses the use of literature in language teaching. It notes that literature can convey meaning and ideas through its content, and exposes students to thoughts, feelings, and experiences outside their own surroundings. Using literature has benefits for language development by exposing students to vocabulary, grammar, and patterns in writing, as well as aiding social/moral and aesthetic development. The different genres of literature are described, including short stories, novels, drama, and poetry. Finally, the document outlines a literature-based teaching approach involving pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading activities to engage students with texts.

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Week 9

The document discusses the use of literature in language teaching. It notes that literature can convey meaning and ideas through its content, and exposes students to thoughts, feelings, and experiences outside their own surroundings. Using literature has benefits for language development by exposing students to vocabulary, grammar, and patterns in writing, as well as aiding social/moral and aesthetic development. The different genres of literature are described, including short stories, novels, drama, and poetry. Finally, the document outlines a literature-based teaching approach involving pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading activities to engage students with texts.

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Isl week 9 Read Chitravelu, N., Sithamparam, S. & Teh S.C. (2005).

ELT Methodology: Principles and Practice, Ch. 8

What is literature?

Form of art that can convey meaning and idea through its content Students need authentic material which they can understand to work from.

A) Language development: how vocab,grammar and patern are use in the writting

Why use literature?

B) Social/ moral development: brings student into contact with thoughts, feeling and experience of people who is outside from his own surrounding. C) Aesthetic development: pleasure that sutdent can get when reading A novel.

Literature and Language Teaching

The genres and the class reader

Short Stories: folktales etc Novel: plot run through whole books Drama: play with stage directions Poetry: writting characterised by ryhtm

Literature based teaching

Staging - pre-reading: activities that draw students into texts ( eg: visual,theme,language) -While-reading: read aloud,silently,listen or told to them (accompanying task or worksheet) -Post-rading: follow-up activities (art projects, Oral Activities, Writting Activities)

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