Abstract
The research seeks to investigate why most teachers at Cristiano Paulo Secondary School are not using short stories in English Language Teaching despite the fact that they know the importance of short stories, and suggest techniques to increase the use of short stories in ELT (English Language Teaching). The study will take place in Niassa Province, specifically at Cristiano Paulo Taimo Secondary School – Lichinga. The sample of this study will be students and teachers of English of grade 12 of the school aforementioned and will be determined through simple random sampling, mixed approach will be the approach in use for this study and data for this study will be collected through questionnaires and observation. 2 teachers of English and 10 students of grade 12 participated in the survey study. The data will be analyzed through statistics and themes. Searching for practical ways to improve students’ English language skills is a real concern for all English teachers. There is a consensus among English Language Teaching practitioners regarding the significance of reading for learning new languages, since reading gives depth to language learning (Stern, 2001). Therefore, teachers are obligated to provide their students with interesting and suitable texts to read. Real stories are by far more interesting and involving than scientific and historical texts. Thus, the researcher expects that this study will help teachers to improve the teaching of English Language through short stories and students will be able to develop speaking skills.
Highlights
1 The research project proposal entitled “The Role of Short Stories in EFL (English as Foreign Language) Class” will be carried out at Cristiano Paulo Taimo Secondary School with grade 12 teachers and students
The purpose of this study is to find out the role of short stories in learning the EFL at Cristiano Paulo Secondary school at Cristiano Paulo Taimo Secondary School
Most grade 12 teachers of English at Cristiano Paulo Taimo Secondary School recognize the benefits of short stories in their lessons but most teachers have a little opportunity to use extra materials such as those of short stories other than to stick to the syllabus in the books that they know that will be tested
Summary
1 The research project proposal entitled “The Role of Short Stories in EFL (English as Foreign Language) Class” will be carried out at Cristiano Paulo Taimo Secondary School with grade 12 teachers and students. Cristiano Paulo Taimo Secondary School is the public school located in the outskirts of Lichinga town. It is situated between the two villages called Nomba and Matola and it is four kilometers away from Lichinga town. 1.1 Statement of the problem During teaching practices, the researcher noticed that most teachers did not use short stories in their English Language Classes. Grade 12 (twelve) students’ textbooks brought literature in unit 9 (Inglês 12a classe /2011), teachers at this level did not use short stories as additional materials because grade 12 textbooks have just explored literary terminology, figures of speech in isolation such as metaphor, personification, similes and the like other than short stories
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