Strategies to Enhance Reading Skills Through the Use of Literary Texts

The current book purposefully considers why language teachers should use literary texts in the language classroom and what approach is most appropriate. To meet this end a descriptive study has been carried out in order to examine the effectiveness of the integrative approach to the study of literary texts in EFL classes aiming at helping our EFL learners develop their proficiency in English and assisting EFL teachers in how to process literature and design activities. It argues that research on teacher professional development could be integrated with validated theoretical models of educational effectiveness approach used to teach literature at the Algerian universities.