Origami Yoda and the Quest of Introducing Literature in the EFL Classroom

Abstract

One of the main aims of this paper was to first of all, enquire into whether present day “digital age” fourth year secondary school students have an interest in reading in general, but more particularly in English. Another aim was to actually introduce an “authentic” literary work in the classroom with the intention of demonstrating to students how beneficial literature can actually be on numerous levels; in the hope of trigging an interest in them reading other works afterwards. In order to do so, an initial questionnaire was first of all administered to students. Based on the results, a didactic unit was prepared and implemented, and finally, a second questionnaire was administered and analysed so as to obtain all of the necessary information. It is essential to include that certain unexpected modifications had to be made in order to comply with classroom dynamics. Nonetheless, and as will be further discussed, the results of this study exhibit some unanticipated but positive results.