The Importance of Teaching Literature to Students

According to Edward Proffitt, author of Reading & Writing About Literature (1990), “The truth of fiction is not the truth of history or of science, but the more personal truth of human feelings and disposition, communicate best when that substantial part of ourselves that understands primarily through the senses and the emotions is touched” For this reason, teachers need to develop lesson plans for the teaching of literature that allow students the opportunity to be creative in how they respond to literary works. As well as teachers must focus on the methodology and theory of teaching, in particular in relation to teaching English. Workshops given by volunteers may cover the following topics:

·       Classroom management,

·       The role of the teacher,

·       Language theories,

·       English language teaching methodologies

·       How to teach vocabulary & grammar

Why use literature?

There are many good reasons for using literature in the classroom: 

• Literature is authentic material. It is good to expose learners to this source of unmodified language in the classroom. 
• Literature encourages interaction. 
• Literary texts are often rich is multiple layers of meaning. Literature expands language awareness. 
• Literature educates the whole person. By examining values in literary texts. 
• Literature is motivating. 
• Literature holds high status in many cultures and countries. 

For this reason, students can feel a real sense of achievement at understanding a piece of highly respected literature. Also, literature is often more interesting than everything in the classroom. Now, please choose one of the topics about the importance of teaching literature and the uses of it to make your own summary in your blog. Picture it.
I recommend you to rad this book to do your activity and to keep a better performance as a teacher.
 http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00702/minilessons.pdf

THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING LITERATURE TO STUDENTS

According to Edward Proffitt, author of Reading & Writing About Literature (1990), “The truth of fiction is not the truth of history or of science, but the more personal truth of human feelings and disposition, communicate best when that substantial part of ourselves that understands primarily through the senses and the emotions is touched” For this reason, teachers need to develop lesson plans for the teaching of literature that allow students the opportunity to be creative in how they respond to literary works. As well as teachers must focus on the methodology and theory of teaching, in particular in relation to teaching English. Workshops given by volunteers may cover the following topics:

·       Classroom management,

·       The role of the teacher,

·       Language theories,

·       English language teaching methodologies

·       How to teach vocabulary & grammar.

Why use literature?

There are many good reasons for using literature in the classroom: 

• Literature is authentic material. It is good to expose learners to this source of unmodified language in the classroom. 
• Literature encourages interaction. 
• Literary texts are often rich is multiple layers of meaning. Literature expands language awareness. 
• Literature educates the whole person. By examining values in literary texts. Literature is motivating. 
• Literature holds high status in many cultures and countries. 

For this reason, students can feel a real sense of achievement at understanding a piece of highly respected literature. Also, literature is often more interesting than everything in the classroom. Now, please choose one the topics and the uses to make your own summary in your blog. Picture it.