This article analyzes the effect of working with the abridged version of some novels in order to promote students’ communication in English. Two fourth semester English courses, from a private university, were randomly chosen to develop the different activities during one semester. The data was collected through students’ written papers, the researchers’ journal and a questionnaire. The findings show that students’ constant work with this kind of literature, as well as the teachers’ feedback, were factors that motivated their language use improvement; thus, they learned new expressions, did written and oral training, and acquired knowledge thanks to the contact with other cultures through literature.

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用某些小说的节略本来鼓励学生的书面和口头制作

本文分析了使用某些小说的节略版本来促进学生英语交流的效果。随机选择一所私立大学的两个第四学期英语课程来发展一个学期的不同活动。数据是通过学生的书面论文，研究人员的日记和问卷收集的。研究结果表明，学生不断学习这类文学作品以及老师的反馈意见是促使他们改善语言使用的因素。因此，由于通过文学与其他文化的接触，他们学习了新的表​​达方式，进行了书面和口头培训，并获得了知识。