THE USE OF LITERARY TEXTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL SPEECH IN ENGLISH TEACHING

The article elaborates the use of literary texts in the development of oral speech in English. The main goal in language teaching is to adequately develop the four skills - reading, writing, speaking, listening. In reaching this goal, short texts -short stories, fairy tales, fables, puzzles, diaries, etc.- which are the products of literature and literature can be used as a tool in the development of students' skills. Because literature not only helps students understand the culture, language and people of a country, but also enables them to reach their "emotion-mind balance" individually. The students can only experience the use of this language through literary texts and acquire information about the language, life and culture of that country.