摘要:Research seems to confirm an important link existing between the learning of a second language and the fact that a systematic introduction of excerpts of literature can facilitate language learning, particularly with grammatical components of the second language. This paper relates part of a research project aimed at verifying, with a population of university students of intermediate level in French as a second language if there was an improvement in the acquisition and grammatical competence through the use excerpts of literature. This study has been structured in the framework of the content-based approach. This article summarizes the results of group discussions and the comments of the students on the use of literary excerpts and their perception of grammatical competence.