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What is Short Stories

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Using Literature to Teach English as a Second Language
A brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.
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Fostering Language Acquisition and Intercultural Competence Through Authentic Literary Texts: The Use of Short Stories in ELT
Blasina Cantizano (University of Almeria, Spain)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4670-3.ch002
Abstract
Based on current theoretical foundations, this chapter discusses the advantages of using authentic literature in the EL classroom by providing a first approach to contemporary short stories written in English from different parts of the world. A practical proposal is also provided for language trainers: two multicultural short stories are shown as a means to develop both language acquisition and intercultural communicative competence at B1/B2 levels. The study shows that using authentic literary texts in the EL classroom will enable students not just to improve their reading skills and language input, but also to acquire cultural knowledge and develop critical thinking at the same time.
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