Criticizes the naturalist argument underlying current propositions bearing on second language (L2) learning in natural or formal contexts. Contests Piaget's interpretation of "Didacta Magna," shows how Krashen's acquisition/learning hypothesis follows from the two brain theory and certain naturalist suppositions, and proposes language learning…

An essential task in foreign language teaching is to develop students' abilities to look at other cultures by confronting them with themes in the foreign culture that are strange or exotic to them, inviting them to interpret what they see and leading them through a process of clarifying, correcting, and adjusting their initial hypotheses. (MSE)

Notes that literary discourse plays only a marginal role in French foreign language instruction. Suggests why the literary text is closely related to the process of learning a foreign language, which is work on and with the language. Discusses specific didactic processes that are internal and external to the work. (AMH)