• Dr. Abdul Fattah Soomro

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• Dr. Tariq Hassan Umrani

  Author

• Sumaiyya Abdul Jabbar

  Author

Teaching and learning English language has become inevitable in today’s world.
There are several methods and techniques to teach and learn English. However, the
importance of innovative techniques and strategies to teach English has been emphasized to
keep the teaching profession going. In this regard, one of the interesting methods of teaching
English in the EFL classroom is through literature. This method has potential to raise the
interest of the leaners and provide a good alternative to the tedious methods in practice by
English teachers. This paper reviews a wide range of literature to highlight the importance
of teaching English through literature in the EFL classroom. It, then, explores a number of
approaches being used to teach a foreign language through literature. The paper focuses on
two types of approaches: general approaches used by literary people to teach language
through literature and approaches developed specifically by the linguistics to help language
professionals for utilizing literature in the language classroom.

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