LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Developing Literary Competence –
The Role of Reading: Implications for Classroom Teaching

S. Gayathri, M.A. (English)

Language and Literature

A language exists in full actuality in literature. It is there as idioms, phrases, words and so on with the meaning, intention, force, etc. Language provides an analogue for a culture. Literature is a mode or manifestation of language.

In this paper, an attempt is made to highlight the inter-relatedness of language and literature and to identify the strategies that can be used to develop in the learner both linguistic and literary competence. The paper also attempts to find out how ‘Reading’ as a skill can be developed and used for realizing the objectives of both literature and language.

Literary Competence

The term literary competence is used in this paper to refer to the development of the following abilities:

Understanding plain sense
Understanding context
Learning to empathize
Learning to appreciate
Learning to be creative

All the above constitute literary competence.

All the issues stated above are discussed in relation to the prevailing system of language education at the first year degree level in terms of the classroom methodology, content prescribed and so on.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

S. Gayathri, M.A. (English)
Research Scholar
Department of English
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore 641046
Tamilnadu
India
bssgayathri@gmail.com
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