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This course introduces issues of and approaches to using literature with language learners in language classrooms – the cultural, the personal growth, and the language models, each of which has its own theoretical bases and principles serving as guidelines for language teachers who teach literature in ESL/EFL context. Central to this discussion are reading texts related to the teaching of literature and English language to non-native speakers. The course has been divided into three parts, all of which are interrelated. The first part deals with approaches to teaching literature in ESL/EFL classrooms; the second part introduces critical theories necessary for interpreting literary texts and teaching of literature; and the last part explores approaches to teaching reading including questioning strategies, critical reading strategies, and the like, and some examples of materials design for teaching literature in ESL/EFL classrooms.