Literary text use in Algerian secondary education English testing (Bechar)‎

الملخص EN

Recent researches, conducted in the field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, have pleaded for the usage of literature as 'an alternative' to the traditional and communicative approaches to language teaching.

Similarly, testing students' outcomes may be based on literary texts particularly in the formal examinations.

This study is aiming at investigating the use of literary text, in its different forms, genres and/or styles in the Algerian Secondary Education Testing.

Interviews with English teachers of secondary school at Bechar are used for data collection.

The study shows that literary texts have not yet been the basis of English language Testing in the Algerian Secondary Education.