ROLE-PLAY IN TEACHING ENGLISH LITERATURE

Authors

  • Nisa Syuhada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32332/pedagogy.v5i2.940

Keywords:

teacher’s creativity, literature as appropriation, role-play rubric, Narratives of Hodja

Abstract

The important thing in teaching and learning process is teaching method. However, the teacher’s creativity is more important than the method itself. This paper offers a method for EFL students to study English through literature. Role-play as a teaching method to increase students’ linguistic competence through narrative as one of literary works. This paper also offers evaluation system to measure the students’ competence in learning literature study through narratives of Hodja.

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Published

2017-12-13