I NTERNATIO NAL J O URNAL O FMULTIDISC IPLINARY E DUC ATIO NALR ESEA RC H ISSN : 2277-7881 VO LUME 2, I SSUE 2(1), F EBRUARY 2013 www.ijmer.in 113 TEACHING COMMUNICATIVE SKILL FOR UG STUDENTS BY USING PROSE PIECES IN THE L2 CLASSROOM Dr.C.Arun Assistant Professor Department of English Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts& Science Thiruvennainallur, Thirukoilur Taluk Abstract This paper aims to bring out the importance of the communicative skill through literature. Literature can be used as a popular area for teaching communicative skill from the prescribed Prose as a text for L2 learners in the present time. Students can score high marks in the subject but most of them struggle to acquire communicative skill though they are taught in English. Reasons for using literary texts in the second language classroom and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts in the classes are stressed so as to make the readers communicate. Teaching of language skills through literature is toughest task and some problems encountered by language teachers within the area of teaching English.This paper also deals with, why a language teacher should use literary texts especially prose in the language classroom, how it paves a way to develop communicative skill. Key Words: Prose, Literature, communicative skill, Language teaching, L2 learners, Introduction In the modern age, English is an unavoidable language in the world. In Indian class rooms, the English teachers use many methods for teaching English.But most of the students even English literature students struggle to develop