The solution , therefore, is to select literary texts which are culturally universal or, at least culturally neutral, and which allow us to concentrate exclusively on language. Our students' comprehension is frequently impeded not by linguistic features in a literary text, but by cultural ones. We owe it to them to help them understand what these might be. In the present inset plan an attempt has been made to introduce a range of teaching and learning techniques in order to follow the key aspects involved in the process of teacher education. The trainees have worked through the three phases - knowledge , application and reflection to attain professional development.
New information is related, elaborated and stored in the trainee's schemata.
Such acquired knowledge is practically applied and experienced in the course of trainees' teaching. In so doing, trainees reflect retrospectively on the overall process. This process has led trainees to the stage of consciously knowing not simply what , but more importantly, how things have occurred, enriching their professional competence . Context and Culture in Language Teaching. Literature and Language Teaching.