Literary Texts as Language Teaching Aids

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This work is divided into six parts. The first part is the introduction which throws light on the relationship between language and literature and points out the aspects of language that literary text can be used to teach. The second part: teaching comprehension passages, attempts to show that both comprehension and literary studies require critical thinking. It is pointed out in the third part: teaching of composition, that in good literary works are expository, narrative, and descriptive passages, which can be used to teach composition. The discussion in part four shows how useful literary texts can be in the teaching and learning of lexis and structure. Part five is the presentation of the result of the use of descriptive passages from the two novels used to teach descriptive writing in GNS101 class. Finally, the conclusion and recommendations part rounds off the discussion with suggestions on how students can improve in descriptive writing. It has been discovered that literary texts are useful materials for language teaching and learning.

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Mohammed Attai Yakubu. 2016. \u201cLiterary Texts as Language Teaching Aids\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education GJHSS-G Volume 15 (GJHSS Volume 15 Issue G12): .

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This work is divided into six parts. The first part is the introduction which throws light on the relationship between language and literature and points out the aspects of language that literary text can be used to teach. The second part: teaching comprehension passages, attempts to show that both comprehension and literary studies require critical thinking. It is pointed out in the third part: teaching of composition, that in good literary works are expository, narrative, and descriptive passages, which can be used to teach composition. The discussion in part four shows how useful literary texts can be in the teaching and learning of lexis and structure. Part five is the presentation of the result of the use of descriptive passages from the two novels used to teach descriptive writing in GNS101 class. Finally, the conclusion and recommendations part rounds off the discussion with suggestions on how students can improve in descriptive writing. It has been discovered that literary texts are useful materials for language teaching and learning.

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