Why Teach Literature for Language Teaching ?
There are some basic as well as important aspects of why to teach literature for language teaching.
It stimulate students to interact with the text creatively.
Beneficial in developing learner autonomy by indicating the teacher is not the fount of knowledge
It focuses mainly on the text rather than about the text
, literature of Genuine samples very wide range of styles registers and text types with different level of difficulty
Literary texts are naturally design as opinion gap activities since the text can never mean the same to two individual readers.
Are best ways to indicate language properties like coherence and text organisation.
It can also indicate and clarify genera classification and its linguistic features.
It can also develop comparative and evaluative skills essential for tertiary level language learning
You can also deal with synthetic lexical discourse varieties that may not happen in a constructed language activity.
It can deal with cultural variability literature in English is not limited to British or American.
It can also help in developing cognitive and metacognitive skills since it buttresses development of ideas.
Can develop Can develop a range of activities based on the difficulty level of the text.
It can also develop lateral thinking example imagenative activity is like what kind of dress would be character wear.
It can also be extremely motivating since the urge to know what happens next.
It can be used to indicate literary and language techniques like rhetoric and prosody.
Can be used for testing different source of abilities the ability to make connections and cross-references the ability to quote and summarise balancing argument and concluding ability to take the different subjective viewpoints ability to contextualize.
It can enable learners to appreciate the phonetic features especially in poetry.
It leads to a General environment with the text that would not be possible in a literature lecture class room.
Finally it can lead to know an overall development of personality through the role plays and other interactive activities.
Teaching Literature : Using Films or Videos as support materials :
Why use videos or Films?
Can present complete communicative situations combining visual and aural inputs.
Can show communicative situations in a certain context and not in isolation.
Can be especially useful for slower learners since paralingustics features present can argument aural cues.
Due to technology, videos now can be edited and other tricks performed.
Since they are generally interesting can be motivational for language learning.
It offers a large variety of language learning situations.
E. G. : Films, plays quizzes, animations, news etc.
However, in language learning situation, all such viewings should be structured by tasks.
Role of a Teacher in this activity?
As in other cases use of videos of AIIMS should be based on sound pedagogical principles
It has to structure the use of fans video through task since that ensure your interaction
A variety of video film are available
E. G. :
Language teaching broadcast and films some can be recorded.
E. G. :
Domestic television.com also many industries and companies also produce educational materials that can be used for language teaching purposes
The teacher can produce a variety of task based on what she wants to teach example verbal cues visual cues note-taking skills sorting information vocabulary practice prediction roll place imitating gestures and intonation narrative record focused debate
Role of the learner in this task
The learner would have to actively participate in the task.
Learner needs to be creative and ready to participate.
There is a variety of Ford a learner should be motivated and interested.
If a video camera is available then the learners can take over the role of producer.
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