Teaching language skills and elements of Culture through the use of Literary texts in EFL class

Abstract

Abstract: This research was conducted with the goal of establishing relationships between teaching language skills and culture in EFL classes for efficient development of communicative competence, and for enriching the personal educational level with the help of authentic literary texts. To demonstrate the beneficial impact of reading texts on developing intercultural communication, 112 senior EFL students from a male-only high school in Loja participated in seven workshops that provided them with cultural approaches and additional literary resources to help them notice certain linguistic features that differ from Spanish to English. In order to do this, mixed-method research was required since this topic required quantitative data such as scores and perception trends that needed to be supported by qualitative data such as opinions. Therefore, there were employed tests and surveys to determine the effect of such workshops. Finally, it was concluded that culture-based content which employs English authentic literary texts turned out successful in order to improve EFL students communicative skills and grades.