Abstract:
This study entitled the role of teaching literature in developing speaking skill of higher secondary schools students of Khartoum state. Due to the effective role of the performance of the speaking skill, the researcher tries to explore ways of teaching literature to improve the speaking skill. The researcher adopted a descriptive and analytical method of investigation.
The researcher used the questionnaire for collecting data and carrying out this study. The study comes out with these findings: Literature has a vital role in developing the language skills in general and speaking specifically, school library should be positively fixed and the teachers should encourage the students to gain the furthest benefit from it, textbooks should be well designed to suit the students standard and literature should be a part of the curriculum, not an optional subject.
