15/ Teaching of Language Activities

Teaching of Language Activities
Lecture Fifteen
Teaching of Language Activities
5. Teaching Literature:
Teachers and pupils who are using Iraq Opportunities will be
familiar with examples of poems, songs and stories from their own rich
history, language and culture. The new series of Iraq Opportunities
from 3rd to 6th primary includes short, illustrated stories involving the
main characters at the beginning of each unit, so ideas such as narrative,
characterization, theme and setting will already be known to pupils, even
if they have never come across these terms in English lessons.
In addition, Iraq Opportunities 5th primary, Pupil s Book, includes
at the end, a short story. This intended to be read informally by the pupil,
with the guidance of their teacher.
In 6th primary, pupils are a little more grown up and mature, and so
are exposed to a wide variety of literature in English.
The reasons for reading literature in general and English literature
in particular are:
1. Literature broadens out horizons, allowing us to travel in our
imagination to distant times and places, and experience different
ways of living than our own.
2. Literature can give us pleasure.
3. Literature can provide a moral lesson, guide our behavior in our
own lives and teach us how to develop for better and best.