Assessment of Teaching Literature: Case of Third Year EFL Students at The University of Tlemcen

Abstract

The present dissertation investigates the subject of teaching literature in general and assessment in literature in particular. The researcher tried during the empirical research to know the conditions of teaching literature and the methods used in it, and the assessment activities that is given by teachers for their students. The research includes qualitative and quantitative approaches. That, the teaching of literature in the sections does not follow a certain approach, yet teachers use different methods and are not standardized and this because of the different to their teaching experiences. The study showed that teachers do not pay much attention to the assessment process in the literature, despite the many answers that contribute to the detection of the difficulties that may be faced by students in the learning of literature effectively. Thus, it stimulates teachers of literature to find solutions such as a change in teaching methods and others. The study also showed satisfaction of most students on the various methods used, but they made many suggestions, although they still prefer the approach of teacher' centeredness, literature teachers did not mention greatly assessment process because of the lack of time. In order to improve the teaching of literature, a number of suggestions were made about the importance of evaluation and making it part of the teaching process.