1. TEACHING LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE
FARAH SAEED
1.30-3.30 pm July 27, 2015
 Teaching language through literature is an aid in integrating language and
literature syllabi more closely.
 Reasons for using the Literature for language activities:
 Valuable Authentic Material,
 Cultural Enrichment,
 Language Enrichment,
 Personal Involvement.
 Criteria for the selection of suitable literary text in EFL Class:
 Students’ needs,
 Their interest,
 Cultural Background,
 Language Level.
 9 Most Effective Teaching Strategies in the said context.
 ACTIVITY & DISCUSSION
 Let us read a poem and have some activities on it:
The Mountain and the Squirrel
The mountain and the squirrel And I think it no disgrace
Had a quarrel To occupymy place
And the former calledthe latter “little prig”; If I am not so large as you,
Bun replied You are not so small as I,
“You are doubtless very big; And not half so spry;
But all sorts of things and weather I’ll not deny you make
Must be takenin together A very pretty squirrel track
To make up a year Talents differ; all is well and wiselyput;
And a sphere if I cannot carry forests on my back
Neither can you crack a nut”
Ralph Waldo Emerson