THE USE OF SHORT STORIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO TEENAGERS

Considering the importance of continuous progress and innovation in language teaching methods on one hand and the advantages of using short stories in language classes on the other hand, a new language teaching method as Short Story based Language Teaching (SSBLT) is introduced here. Story based Language Teaching (SSBLT) is a humanistic literature-based language teaching method that aims to promote the teenagers` personal, cultural and linguistic awareness. The main purpose of SSBLT is to help teenagers to learn language by enjoying and using language for communication through using short stories as the materials in a friendly atmosphere. It develops the teenagers` communicative competence and critical thinking