Children's literature in adult education

This article investigates the possible role of childrens literature in the education of adult learners of English. This three-year study on adult lear ners of English from the Peoples Republic of China shows that childrens lit erature can be effective in teaching linguistic skills such as pronunciatio n practice and improving language acquisition. Using and reading childrens literature is an initial step to developing literary competence, critical t hinking, increasing knowledge, and multicultural understanding as well as e xposing learners from developing countries to effective innovative educatio nal methodology. Despite the limitations of childrens literatureidentificat ion with child protagonistsit paves the way to developing literacy in adult literature.