The Role of Folklore in EFL Teaching in Secondary Education

Abstract

[eng] Teaching English as a Foreign Language can be a challenging task for teachers if students are not motivated and engaged with the language. The five skills are presented and studied separately, with little connection between them, reason why students feel they are learning an artificial language which only serves to complete the exercises in class. Thus, the teaching of English needs to be reconsidered from a cultural point of view. Culture can go hand in hand with the teaching of language, as it makes students understand the language better, as well as the people and countries where it is spoken. Consequently, they also feel that it is useful for their socio-communicative competence, and not only in class. Ultimately, this proposal tries to establish how students can learn and be engrossed through three popular tales from British folklore and a set of activities related to the cultural topic especially designed to practice the five skills.