Al Athar مجلة الأثـــــــــــــــر
Volume 15, Numéro 25, Pages 121-127
2016-06-30

A Communicative View To Teaching English Literarure At The Algerian University

Authors : Bousbai Abdelaziz .

Abstract

From the findings of a questionnaire administered in two Algerian universities,and interviews with teachers and students from several Algerian universities, it has been deduced that most of teachers either do not like or discard teaching literature, arguing that the subject is too difficult. Also, students claim a lot and are unsatisfied with what they have learnt throughout years studying literature. Eventually, after close investigation, we found out that the problem resides in the methods and modals of teaching used by teachers and not the content of the subject per se. This article explores the most prominent literature teaching approaches and methods and suggests a literature teaching modal based on a communicative perspective in consistent with the national needs of the Algerian students, hoping to help literature teachers adjust and improve their teaching performance.

Keywords

teacher-centered, learner-centered, approach, literature, CLT, EFL