DISCOURSE-BASED SYLLABUS FOR TEACHING LITERATURE TO EFL LEARNERS IN VIETNAM

This paper focuses on the potential use of discourse analysis in literature teaching in EFL class as well as approaches to designing discourse-based syllabus. This non-conventional approach has radically changed the teaching culture at Haiphong Private University, Vietnam which used to consider the analysis of literary works as reading comprehension lesson. Using this novel syllabus has gradually formed a so-called 3D(imention) class in which the teacher talks, the students talk and the literary text talk from its properties and as a result the ultimate objectives of literature teaching, say, language competence and literary appreciation can be achieved. Also, some parts of the sample syllabus are shared with a hope that they will be of certain benefit to readers.