Abstract
In English language teaching it is important to develop learners' linguistic knowledge. In order to fulfill this need researchers have studied how to control learners' attention to form. Along with these studies there are claims that the literary reading process may be an effective way to focus learners' attention on form. They, however, have not explained enough how this process works effectively. This study, therefore, aims at describing the mechanism by which the literary reading process can be a useful means for second language acquisition. It is hoped that this theoretical investigation will contribute to future research. What readers should heed is that the claims of this paper are hypothetical and a starting point for future research.
