摘要
Literature in the language teaching can be used to arouse students＇ intercultural awareness. They are asked through a range of techniques to respond to the unfamiliar experience from different perspectives and to identify and understand aspects of a foreign culture in the literature. The assessment of their understanding is carried out against specific criteria. The paper shows how a literary text can be used to develop an understanding ofothemess and how students＇ intercultural competence can be developed through the literature texts.
