Towards a Reappraisal of Literary Competence within the Confines of ESL/EFL Classroom

Subject Areas :

Mohammad Mahdi Sharifi ¹ , Mohammad Reza Talebinejad ² , Mansour Koosha ³ , Akbar Afghari ⁴

1 - Instructor, Amin Institute of Higher Education
2 - Associate professor, Islamic Azad university, Shahreza branch
3 - Associate professor, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan branch
4 - Associate professor, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan branch

Received: 2015-08-26 Accepted : 2015-08-26 Published : 2013-12-01

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