USING FOLKTALES IN LITERATURE CLASSROOM FOR LOW LEVEL STUDENTS

Abstract

One of the most frequently encountered problems in teaching of English literature to low level students concerns the selection of an adequate literary genre for reading. School curriculums usually tend to mandate the use of canonical literature with literary genres such as novels, poetry and large-scale plays, which generates serious problems in terms of students’ development of reading comprehension and of four language skills. In addition to these and many other problems, there is also the problem of insufficiency in teaching and learning materials. From this perspective, folktales seem to present an ideal resource for teaching English literature for low level students. When utilized in school programs, as has been widely acknowledged, they have beneficial effects on students’ emotional, intellectual, artistic, socio-cultural and psychological development