~A&L~

Autobiography or letter? Should this two piece of writing be put in secondary school? Can secondary school students analyze this kind of text and can they understand it? All this questions have come up to my mind as I learn all this kind of writing. For me, it is appropriate to put this two piece of writing as they give students certain advantages in real life. For instance, autobiography can make students realize about real life situation that an author tries to convey and it can be as a motivation for them. But, teacher must ensure that his or her students are from the higher and intermediate level of proficiency because these piece of work play with bombastic words. If teacher wants to use it for low level of proficiency, they need to adapt the material and change it so that it can be understood by the students. For me, teacher can use them in secondary classroom as long as teacher believes that his or her students can understand the text. If teacher is unsure about it, I advice his or her not to use it in the classroom. As a whole, a variety of text will produce a rounded students and it will make them more critical and creative in cooperating real life situation.