Investigating the role of teaching literature in developing secondary school students' speaking skills

الملخص EN

This study aims at showing the importance of teaching literature in developing secondary school students speaking skills in Khartoum.

The data were collected from a random sample of teachers of English Language working in both public and private schools in Khartoum.

A questionnaire was given to 30 teachers of English at secondary schools in order to collect the data .Descriptive analytical method was conducted so as to analyze the data.

The analysis of the questionnaire has shown the following result; Literature plays essential roles in developing speaking skills among student at secondary school as well as universities, the researcher recommends that English language syllabus should based on literature.