The Project and the Action-Oriented Approach to Submerge Literature in Reality in Foreign Languages Teaching

Abstract

The role of literature in foreign languages teaching is not a matter of debate today. If we observe the number of publications and conferences organized on the theme of teaching literature in foreign languages in recent years, we quickly realize that this is a dynamic field and constantly evolving. However, this vitality is not found in textbooks where literature still does not have the presence that teaching discourses which justify it grant it. In addition to providing some reasons for this disaffection, this chapter intends to use the latest teaching developments attempting especially to advance on the theoretical reflection about the articulation of the action-oriented approach and literature teaching through project-based teaching method. First, the authors try to justify the use of the project, and then they notify the theoretical mutation that this practice requires, before dealing with the types of project that may integrate FL classes. Finally, they look at how it should be structured to ensure that teaching take into account all dimensions of literature.