Authentic Literary English Texts as a Tool of Teaching Reading, Comprehension and Analysis to EFL Students

Alfia Gilmanova*, Svetlana Nikitina and Landysh Yuzmukhametova
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Alfia Gilmanova*: Kazan Federal University, Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies, Russia
Svetlana Nikitina: Kazan Federal University, Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies, Russia
Landysh Yuzmukhametova: Kazan Federal University, Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies, Russia

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, 303-307 Special Issue: 1

Abstract: Among several skills that have to be mastered in the process of EFL teaching, reading is one of the most significant. Nobody can deny that authentic literature is a marvelous way to enrich teachers’ and students’ scope of material to teach and to learn. Nevertheless, reading can carry a lot of difficulties. This research has its purpose to study in which way various types of adaptation differ from each other, to analyze if it is appropriate to use authentic fiction literature or not, and, finally, to develop a methodology that teachers and students could use to be able to solve all the problems which appear in the course of reading authentic feature texts.  In this article, we have taken J.K. Jerome Three men in a boat as a piece of authentic fiction literature to use at English reading classes for B1-B2 level students of Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia. We have developed a framework which can be advised to teachers for application to facilitate the process of fiction literature comprehension. This framework involves profound practicing of reading and speaking skills by students in the following essential stages: pre-reading, reading and comprehension, vocabulary work, speaking and analysis. This framework is recommended for reading literary texts at EFL classes.

Keywords: University education; Reading; Authentic literature. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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