SEVEN ISSUES AND DILEMMAS IN LITERATURE TEACHING IN EFL CONTEXT: LESSONS FROM INDONESIA

Bachrudin Musthafa

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Abstract: Using literature instruction practices in different “literature programs” as a point of departure, this article discusses some knotty issues and dilemmas confronting English literature instructors and researchers in Indonesia, especially those working in the context of English as A Foreign Language (EFL). First some commonly adopted approaches to literature teaching are outlined and specific issues and dilemmas located. Next, using Indonesian current situation as a case in point, these perceived issues and dilemmas are fleshed out and possible solutions from diverse fronts are then sketched out.


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Literature in EFL, literature and ELT, literature programs, literature teaching and learning

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v4i2.690

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