Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Autobiography

Autobiography is a piece of work that describes about the personal life of the writer. Generally, it highlights about life experiences of the particular person. Certainly, it also contains moral message to the readers.
There are many benefits of using autobiography in English Language classroom. It does not only help students in language development but also personal development as well.
The language in autobiography seems to be less formal compared to other types of text. Therefore, it will develop students’ interest in reading the autobiography as the language is not so difficult to understand. Furthermore, the autobiography is basically narrating feelings and this will engages students’ attention easily in reading the text. By using the autobiography, it will indirectly improve students reading skills. Besides that, they will learn how the writer uses language to express his or her feelings in writing autobiography. As a result, it will motivates students to express their feelings through words. This will improve their writing skills as well.
In addition, autobiography inspires people. There are many values that students will be able to learn from the autobiography. This will help them to develop their personal growth. For example, when students read about the autobiography of Nelson Mandela, they will learn about his determination to fight for equality. Furthermore, students will learn to appreciate the peace and harmony that they have in the country. Besides that, teacher can also educate students about the writer’s thoughts and share with the students. This will also develop students’ thinking skills indirectly as well.
All the points above definitely proves that using autobiography helps students in many ways in English Language classroom. In my opinion, it is surely a good idea for teachers to use autobiography in English Language classroom. No doubt, it will try it out in future.

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