your other readings will be related to the four literary genres; poetry, drama, fiction, and cinema. As you were already taught, Klarers (1999) book An Introduction to Literary Studies introduces the topic very clearly. You will choose and read one collection of poem, a play, and a novel. You will also watch a film. Besides youll read other important books. For your knowledge of theory the reading of Lois Tysons (2001) Learning for a Diverse World is crucial, and for your discussion of tasks and the language skills reading, writing, discussing, speaking, and listening youll not forget David Nunans (1992) Designing Communicative Tasks for Second Language Classrooms. Finally, youll find information about literary competence in my articles Reading F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby at FURB: Developing Students Literary Competence in the Classroom, Language Teachers Seven Competences, and Elementary Notes on Understanding Literature Classroom.Writing Tasks: Your first writing task will be your project. As you know you started it in the Literary Theory phase and will be finished during this section. Through the project youll plan your course on English Literature. Besides it, youll write other texts. Youll write four papers, one for each book you will read and the film watch. Youll also do a written test on each book and film. Finally, youll write you final collection, which is the portfolio of your tasks.Discussing Tasks: They are not different from those already performed in the previous Literary Theory phase. As a matter of fact, youll perform four Pedagogical Triangles for the three books read and the film watched. Speaking Tasks: Youll perform four Oral presentations, both individual and pair. Youll perform them in relation to each book read and film watched. During the oral presentation a partner will critically evaluate the quality of you oral performance Listening Tasks: The natural relations between speaking and listening suggests that when a person speaks therell always be somebody who listens to him/her. Thus, four listening tasks will also be performed. Youll perform both individual and pair listening, under the title Evaluation Sheet. Film watching will also be part of your listening tasks.American Literature: Literary Competence-in-action.When youre ready with your study of English Literature it is time to concentrate your energies on American Literature. Besides being younger than the English one for historical reasons, American Literature will attract you for its geographical and cultural proximity to us. Names like those of Hemingway, Faulkner cannot parallel those of Shakespeare, Milton and Joyce, but they created their way to many Brazilians imagination on certain period of time. Methodologically, you will be exposed to the study of American Literature the same way you were to both Literary Theory and English Literature. That is, youll perform once and again reading, writing, discussing, speaking and listening tasks. Reading Tasks: The quality of your literary competence will deeply depend on your mastery of reading of literary issues. Thus, as you did for English Literature, youll read a number of texts in association with American Literature. Youll start with Highs (1986) An Outline of American Literature, which will introduce you to