Duc Minh Bui, Hieu Duc Pham, Huong Thu Thi Pham, Thuy Phuong La
This study conducts a survey and assessment of the current situation of teaching literary works in the direction of focusing on the readership role of high-school students in urban areas of Vietnam to establish practical arguments for proposing solutions to improve the effectiveness of literary education. The study sample includes 101 Literature teachers and 466 students, representing 3 urban areas in 03 Northern - Central - Southern regions of Vietnam. The combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis methods are used in the assessment of the collected data, providing a multi-dimensional view of the perceptions and attitudes of teachers and students regarding the research issue, and at the same time specifying the factors affecting the effectiveness of teaching literary works. The findings show that the factors of teaching methods, professional qualifications, enthusiasm of teachers and activeness and interest of students determine the success of teaching with focusing on the reader role of students. This leads to a consequence that in the limited scope of teaching conditions in developed countries, which is the case of Vietnam herein, an urgent issue today that needs attention and fostering for Literature teachers is the competence to teach literary works in the direction of focusing on the reader role of students, the competence to develop subject programs at schools and teaching materials to meet innovation requirements.