The Application of Literary Text in Language Classroom: A Pedagogical Stylistics Perspective

The present article focuses on the effectiveness of pedagogical stylistics in language teaching courses. Researchers claim that the use of literature in language teaching enhances and develops their understanding of the use of target language and also enriches their knowledge about cultural awareness. The present article aims to find out if there is any possibility to produce stylistically-designed activities from literary texts and can ELT teachers make use of those stylistically-designed activities as examples to be utilized in their language teaching courses. The population of this study is aspirants who seek to cultivate language skills and hone linguistic proficiency and for this purpose, British Education and Teaching System (BETS), Lahore provides population for this study during a 3-month course taught from December 2019 to February 2020. The effective use of literature-based activities in regard to English language classroom welcomes the implementation of pedagogical stylistics which makes the teachers more proficient and enriches student teachers’ language and cultural understanding. The results indicated that the student and teachers’ motivation was increased due to the use of the pedagogical stylistic approach.