Author(s): Dr. Maroua Rogti

Abstract: Teaching literature has been an essential part of English as a subject in the language classroom which grants high culture and thought. This indeed made literature an existing issue in the language teaching paradigm. Language teachers and educationalists have implemented several potentials of examining literary texts for the benefit of the language learner. This mixed methods study aimed at examining the use of the eclectic approach along with the traditional use of literature as a source for language learning, and how it affects the learners’ motivational awareness in learning a literary text in class by being literary competent. The study tempted to distribute a questionnaire for three teachers of literature to further elicit their views about certain issues, in addition to a questionnaire for a sample of 24 students at ENS of Laghouat to gather their views about the use of this approach. The major findings of the study exposed that moststudents highly received motivational awareness through the suggested classroom methodology.

Keywords: Literacy teaching; Eclecticism; Algerian EFL Context; Literary competence; Motivation.

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.45.51