International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research(IJAMSR) ISSN:2581-4281 Volume 1, Issue 3 , May,2018 https://doi.org/10.31426/ijamsr.2018.1.3.132 https://doi.org/10.31426/ijamsr.2018.1.3.132 30 International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR) ISSN:2581-4281 Introduction The literature reflects life, represents the dictionary of life and uses language in contexts for which it is almost impossible to divorce literature, language and life from one another. Life and literature emerge together as true companions. According to Lorenzo (2014), SHAKESPEAREAN LITERATURE CIRCLE: A TOOL TO DEVELOP LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR EFL/ESL LEARNERS K.M.Wazed Kabir 1 , Mohammad Golam Mohiuddin 2 Chairperson & Associate Professor, Department of English, Green University of Bangladesh, Dhaka Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Green University of Bangladesh, Dhaka chairman.eng@green.edu.bd K.M.WAZED KABIR MOHAMMAD GOLAM MOHIUDDIN Keywords: Literature Circle, EFL/ESL, Tool, Elhess and Egbert, Language Skills ---------------------------------------- A B S T R A C T This paper sheds light on the ways how a literature circle helps improve English Language skills. A literature circle is a student centered practice session where each student gets directly involved in the work and the teacher acts as a passive actor in the back just to control the function. In this paper, the researchers adopt the literature circle model designed and practiced by Elhess and Egbert (2015). The study is conducted on 22 BRAC Nobodhara School teachers who have received in-service training offered by the BRAC Institute of Languages, BRAC University. All the teachers having Masters Graduation in various disciplines have mixed level English language proficiency. The course objective is to develop their language proficiency to a higher level so that they can use the target language both inside the classroom and even outside. In the paper, the researchers have adopted a qualitative approach and taken texts from A Midsummer Night's Dream, a comedy written by Shakespeare between 1590 and 1597. Five individual roles, namely Discussion Director, Literary Luminary, Illustrator, Summarizer, and Vocabulary Enricher are allotted to the members of the circle so that they can work smoothly and effectively. While discussing and helping each other in the circle, every member of the group will execute his/her assigned role and responsibility. These discussion, collaboration and scaffolding in the circle to help members create a conducive environment to accelerate language learning. The researchers, thus, believe that teaching language through Shakespearean literature circle will eventually increase learner participation in a safe environment, enhance responsibility and motivation, expand collaborative discussion, develop oral proficiency, increase scaffolding opportunities and reinforce writing skills. Still, further research is encouraged in the same area to unearth the underneath. Citation: K.M.Wazed Kabir, Mohammad Golam Mohiuddin (2018). Shakespearean Literature Circle: A Tool To Develop Language Skills For Efl/Esl Learners. International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR ) ISSN:2581-4281 Vol 1, Issue 3, May, 2018, #Art.132, pp30-40