“Values in EFL classroom: A literary didactic unit”

Abstract

[EN] The main aim of this dissertation is to confirm the importance of reading and teaching literature in the classroom and, as a result, show how beneficial it is for students as it provides them the chance to know other cultures and how it helps them acquire the communicative competence by learning through the values of gender equality, reduction of inequalities and pluriculturality. This study is based on the integration of human values and pluriculturality in the secondary EFL classroom. The didactic unit is designed for a 4th of ESO class, using literature as its guiding thread to learn through values. The final outcome of this dissertation, that is the didactic unit, could be successfully implemented in any EFL classroom of the region of Aragón.