Teaching a foreign language through literature is sometimes considered to be old-fashioned, since this is related to the grammar-translation method. However, if the story is interesting for students, and it is combined with the right and motivating activities, it can be a great source for learning grammar, vocabulary and even writing and speaking depending on the activities.
In this webpage there are great short stories such as the parable of the pencil, which can be used to discuss in several different topics: http://www.indianchild.com/short_stories.htm
These stories are quite short, and can be read in five minutes, allowing a long period of discussion,interpretation, activities...
Here we can find a great source of short stories from well-known authors such as Viriginia Woolf, Saki, George Orwell, Roald Dahl... http://www.classicshorts.com/author.html
Another webpage which provides a great quantity of American short stories from authors such as Melville, Poe, or Kate Chopin: http://www.americanliterature.com/ss/ssindx.html
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