Using Short Stories in ELT/EFL Classes
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to remind the reasons and methods of using literary resources, particularly short stories, as tools in ELT/EFL classes and to provide a model lesson with the story, ‘The Chaser’ for the teacher candidates. Using different and authentic materials in language teaching helps the students to internalize the target language while enriching the use of the language skills. It is obvious that literature grasps an important place in language teaching. Therefore, it is no doubt that literary resources help the students to learn the rules of the target language and practice it better. Short stories, which have proper length and suitable tasks, not only develop the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) of students but also provide social, political and historical background of the society. The purpose of this article is to familiarize the instructors with the impact of using short stories in ELT/EFL classes and to present a case study of a selected short story.
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