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Using literature and newspapers as materials for teaching culture provides learners with authentic insights into the values, traditions, and everyday life of a society; while literature teaches cultural and emotional interests through stories and characters, newspapers uncover learners to real-time events, language usage, and societal issues, making them both essential tools in culturally enriched language education.
References
1.Byram, M. (1997). Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
A key text explaining how to teach culture alongside language, with emphasis on authentic materials.
2.Kramsch, C. (1993). Context and Culture in Language Teaching. Oxford University Press.
Discusses how language and culture are interconnected, and how materials like literature reflect cultural meanings.
3.Duff, A. & Maley, A. (2007). Literature (Resource Books for Teachers). Oxford University Press. Offers practical ideas for using literature in the language classroom and explains its cultural benefits.
4.Hadley, A. O. (2001). Teaching Language in Context (3rd ed.). Heinle & Heinle. Explores strategies for integrating culture and language using real-world materials like newspapers.
5.Pulverness, A. (2003). Literature and cultural awareness. ELT Journal, 57(3), 200–206. Focuses on how literature can raise students’ awareness of other cultures.
6.Mourão, S. (2006). Using newspapers in the classroom. Modern English Teacher, 15(1), 45–49. Describes classroom methods for incorporating newspapers to teach both language and culture.