Autobiography for classroom

After reading the autobiography by Nelson Mandela, I realize there are lots of advantages of writing an autobiography. Personally, I do write diary when I have something to express. Through autobiography, the author is able to share and express his or her feelings and experience to other people. Perhaps, although the autobiography is not meant for public reading, it helps the author to release his or her tension through words. This is because there are quite a lot of people who express themselves better in words and language than in speech. Furthermore, it can reduce the conflict between people during communication. Apart from that, there are also people who would like to influence others by writing autobiography. Also, autobiography can be meant be entertainment as well. Learning sometimes can be done through humor and laughter.On the other hand, I do think that autobiography can be used as the teaching material in English classroom. It can either act as the literature as resource or literature for study. Although the language used in an autobiography does not promise to be error free, yet, somehow the language used is closer to our real-life. Students might get attracted to the author’s experience. Also, as a literature for study, an autobiography can be used for students to analyze the elements in it. For example, elements like plot, setting, characters and point of view can be analyzed in a autobiography.In short, I think that autobiography is no longer just a piece of individual reflection work. It is also a classroom material for teaching and learning.