The article elaborates the use of literary texts in the development of oral speech in English. The main goal in language teaching is to adequately develop the four skills - reading, writing, speaking, listening. In reaching this goal, short texts -short stories, fairy tales, fables, puzzles, diaries, etc.- which are the products of literature and literature can be used as a tool in the development of students' skills. Because literature not only helps students understand the culture, language and people of a country, but also enables them to reach their "emotion-mind balance" individually. The students can only experience the use of this language through literary texts and acquire information about the language, life and culture of that country.