Abstract
As the objective of EFL teaching is to help students to communicate fluently in the target language, teachers should provide authentic models of language use for every level and age. To hit the target we should focus not only on linguistic, but also on literary and cultural elements. Since fairy tales offer these elements, they are highly beneficial to use in EFL teaching programs, especially for young learners.It should be taken into consideration that the selection of fairy tales should be done in reference to the course objective, the learners’ age and the story content. Since every teaching situation is unique, the use of every single piece of fairy tale varies from class to class and from teacher to teacher. But, anyhow, using fairy tales in Elementary English courses as literary works tends to improve communicative competence and provide a springboard for the development of critical thinking and aesthetic appreciation. It is advantageous for many benefits, like cultural enrichment, language advancement, higher-order thinking, and many more. To accomplish the following purpose, there is a great significance given to the methodology and strategies to teaching English through Fairy Tales.
Highlights
When children start learning a foreign language they receive more input than they produce output
In order to give the answer to the research: Alternative Developing Speaking Skills through Fairy Tales in Elementary school, two types of data were collected in this study
In terms of qualitative section, we opted for a phenomenological approach to investigate pupils' experiences and their perceptions of speaking skills in the classroom
Summary
When children start learning a foreign language they receive more input than they produce output. Teaching English through Fairy Tales in Elementary School has a paramount value. Fairy Tales are an ideal and a unique introduction for teaching a foreign language as they present learning in a motivating and catchy context. The teaching process should embrace a measuring input and it should be a complex of various materials and resources that should be involved in the world of a new foreign language. This specified inclination should be an outcome of a pure, coherent and worthwhile teaching. Children pursue to comprehend the awareness they are given which motivates them to broaden their knowledge frames in their learning period
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