The use of Literature in English Language Teaching

الملخص

English is regarded as the first cosmopolitan language all over the world. It is
the language of education. Statement of the problem It concentrate to answer the
question what the most effective procedures are for its reintegration into classroom.
The study aims to Emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for
teaching both language skills and language area, Explore the problems encounter
language teachers within the area of teaching language through literature. The
researcher has come out with the following findings : Studying literature develops
language skills as a matter of extra reading that help the learners to grasp language
intensively, Literature enhance language awareness through poetry, drama and
literary fictions. The researcher has come out with the following recommendations:
EFL teachers should be well trained and aware of how to teach literature
appropriately. Teachers should become aware of difficulties i.e they must identify
the differences between literature and explicit texts to analyze them.