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Teaching and Evaluating the Literary Reader

Mariyatunnitha Shari English Language Department, Faculty of Languages, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak

Abstract: The issue underlying this study is whether or not teachers of literature lack a model for testing. Can literature teaching be compared with the language test whereby the target competence can be measured against that of the fully-operational native speaker. The aim of this paper is therefore to share the findings of a qualitative research study conducted to find out how part-time ESL secondary schoolteachers undergoing a Master in Education course assessed students who were taught the literature-based component in English. The researcher was a course instructor who had during the course discussed different