THE USE OF LITERATURE IN TESOL CONTEXTS: A DISCUSSION OF ITS BENEFITS AND FLAWS PLUS THE USE OF TEXT MANIPULATION

NDJIMI DUMBA WATEMBO MALAKA

Autores

NDJIMI DUMBA WATEMBO MALAKA Instituto Superior de Ciências de Educação do Huambo

Palavras-chave:

Ensino da Língua Inglesa, Literatura, Manipulação de Textos

Resumo

A importância do uso da literatura no ensino de Inglês é frequentemente permeada por pensamentos dúbios sobre a sua real relevância no crescimento global linguístico dos estudantes da língua Inglesa. No presente trabalho, debruçamo-nos sobre esta problemática, utilizando investigação secundária, compreendendo a análise do papel da literatura no ensino de Inglês e a manipulação de textos. Como resultado, viu-se que os textos literários podem ser usados para o ensino do uso das funções gramaticais; o uso da literatura pode ajudar na materialização dos objetivos académicos e profissionais dos estudantes; a literatura pode ajudar na criação de uma cultura de tolerância na sala de aulas; e pode aumentar o nível de motivação dos estudantes. Adicionalmente, sobre a manipulação de textos literários, foi exposto que a mesma é vantajosa para os estudantes, visto que, através dela, os mesmos têm acesso a textos literários com nível de linguagem bastante avançado, o que seria muito difícil sem este procedimento metodológico.

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