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What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of using a literature-based or a thematic unit approach to teaching?

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A brief but concise discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using a thematic unit basis or a literature basis for teaching literature.

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Using a literature based approach to teaching requires a greater range of teacher competencies, because works of literature in their entirety are likely to address a broad range of addressable themes, which means the teacher must be confident of their grasp of the material, in order to answer student questions on these various topics that might arise during the reading. However, this approach is more realistic of actual situations in life, since students will (later) read entire works that they ...

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