Thinking Activity : Teaching language through literature

 Introduction 

The relationship between literature and English language teaching has been rather a difficult marriage throughout all these years. In many situations while English language teaching adopted a structural approach, literature was taught as a separate subject. Nowadays literature also teaches for language learning purposes.  We can teach (English) language to Non English people or students by

Novel

Plays

Short stories

Poetry

All have grammatical structure, style and various types of structures which helps to learn a language. 

Language learning through novel

Novels are a large form of literature, where we can find more opportunities to teach language. In teaching English as a foreign language, the novel plays a vital role in developing and enhancing the language skills because in the novel the full range and variety of the English language is displayed with concrete examples of writing skill in action. A novel can be a stimulating resource for activities for language learners without necessarily involving them in a dedicated analysis of a highly literary criticism nature.