EXAMINING THE ROLE OF LITERARY TEXT IN DEVELOPING LEARNERS’ ENGLISH-SPEAKING SKILLS AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN PUNJAB

Abstract

The fundamental purpose of this paper is to highlight the paramount importance of literature in building and enhancing language facilities and speaking skills of language learners at undergraduate level. The research also examined the role of literary text in developing learners English speaking skills at public Universities of Punjab, Pakistan. The current study explored that how literary texts play key role in motivating and inspiring the learners to enhance their English-speaking skills at undergraduate level.The present research employed a short story to exhibit and demonstrates various means of explaining and exploiting literary texts to enhance English speaking skills at undergraduate level at public universities in Punjab, Pakistan.Furthermore, an adopted questionnaire provided data about the perception of teachers and learners. The results of present study indicated that the usage of activities in literature class helps in enhancing English speaking skills and proves to be beneficial in boosting their communicative competence.