Using Literature as a Tool for Teaching English Language: Animal Farm in the EFL Classroom

This article aimed at showing how literature can be used in language classes to develop students knowledge of English. It has emphasized the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching EFL. First, the researcher examined the evolution of literature in the language classroom, then the researcher gave account of some reasons that justify its use in English as foreign language classes, of the role of reading in language development, and of the way novel is treated in the EFL classroom. Animal Farm is a good work to be used as a tool to develop students communicative competence in English as a foreign language. The article ends with a didactic proposal of activities for EFL instruction based on the novel under discussion. Teaching English language is a necessity in todays world. Finding innovative ways to teach English is the need of the hour. One of the best practices of teaching English is through literature, which is quiet effective and amusing. This practice does not include the tedious way of teaching English through grammar. The paper discusses novel as a genre of literature through which English language can be taught. The study also includes discussions on the text, Animal Farm.