The Use of English Literary Works in Teaching English for Language Class

Abstract

This article aims  to analyze the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing). The method that employed in this article was descriptive research, in which the researchers review some articles. The data were collected in text analysis by using descriptive method. The data gathered from four articles entitled (1) Developing second language reading comprehension through short story; (2) Using songs effectively to teach English to young learners; (3) Using Drama Activities; and (4) Teaching poetry: a descriptive case study of poetry unit in a classroom of urban deaf adolescent. The result shows that literary works give some benefits for students to develop language skills. Each type of literary works has certain advantages in developing students’ language skills such as reading, speaking, listening and writing. Besides, literary works also can support other language components such as vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling and so forth. Hence, it can be concluded that literary works has a great benefit to enhance students’ communication in written and spoken form for language teaching process.