ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE USE OF PROVERBS TO DEVELOP FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS

Through proverbs, students develop their thinking and imagination, enrich their vocabulary and they are introduced to folk wisdom. The study aimed at demonstrating to teachers the activities and exercises designed to use in the classroom to increase their awareness of teaching proverbs. The study of the potential of a proverb in English language teaching has revealed that it can be used in many ways to improve the students' skills and develop their understanding of the language. These activities not only helped the students improve their methodology, experimentation and attentiveness, but the teachers benifited as well. These activities enable young people to learn and use proverbs in the right context in their daily lives.