Teaching Poetry Enhances Speaking Skills â€“ an Analysis Based on Select Poems

Patel, Deepa; Ilankumaran, M.

doi:10.14419/ijet.v7i4.36.24211

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“…As students read the novels and short stories, they not only increase their vocabulary (Scientific Learning Corporation, 2008; Pikulski and Templeton, 2004), they also learn how language is used for communicative and aesthetic purposes. Deepa and Ilankumaran (2018) attest to the relevance of literature to the enhancement of communication skills. Also, literature could help learners develop critical and creative thinking skills.…”

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Fear of poetry among preservice teachers in Nigeria

Timothy

Obiekezie

2019

Heliyon

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A B S T R A C TLiterature-in-English is a prerequisite for admission into certain programmes in the university in Nigeria. Courses like English and Literary Studies, Linguistics, Law, Theatre and Media Studies require at least a Credit pass in Literature -in -English at the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). Unfortunately, students' performance over the years has been consistently poor, especially in poetry. Therefore, many students' career aspirations have been delayed or truncated. This poor performance is often attributed to teachers' poor attitude to the subject and the consequent poor pedagogy. This study, therefore, examined pre-service teachers' attitude to the teaching of poetry. Participants were sixty-seven (67) pre-service teachers of English in a federal university in South-Eastern Nigeria. Data collection was through a semi-structured questionnaire and an in-depth interview. The result revealed that only four participants (6%) expressed a preference for teaching poetry, while 63 (94%) said they would rather not teach poetry. An in-depth interview revealed that participants' developed the phobia for poetry (metrophobia) from their experiences of learning poetry at the secondary school level and beyond. The study suggests pathways to prevent metrophobia in pre-service teachers and students of Literature-in-English.

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Fear of poetry among preservice teachers in Nigeria

Timothy

Obiekezie

2019

Heliyon

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“…Liao (2017) also found that the students learn about composing better sentence structures through poetry presented in the target language. The use of poetry provides a platform for students to learn about sentence formation and syntax in the target language (Deepa & Ilankumaran, 2018). Deepa & Ilankumaran (2018) found that students who were taught using poetry is able to compose correct sentences in English and it has good coherence.…”

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Students' perception on the use of poetry for teaching speaking

Suwastini¹,

Dewi²

2023

Electronic. J. Edu. Soc. Econ. Tech.

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Poetry is rich in terms of its selectively chosen dictions that have to be read aloud to be enjoyed. This descriptive qualitative study investigated fourth-semester students' perception on the use of poetry to teach speaking. Students' perceptions were collected through an archives study comprising 75 students' essay projects about using poetry to teach speaking. The result indicated that 75 students perceived poetry is effective in developing six aspects of students' speaking skills, namely vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, comprehension, confidence, and fluency. 41 (54.66%) students perceived that teaching speaking through poetry enriches students' vocabulary by representing unique words. 16 (21.33%) students perceived that using poetry to teach speaking practices students' pronunciation through poetry reading strategy. In terms of grammar mastery, 8 (10.66%) students believed that poetry was able to familiarize students with sentence structure. Four (5.33%) students perceived that through poetry analysis, students must comprehend and share their interpretation of the content and context used in the poems. There were 4 (5.33%) students perceived that poetry helps students be more confident in communication. Two (2.66%) students perceived that fluency in speaking could be trained using poetry by exposing students to the rhythm, making their intonation improved.

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“…Moreover, Deepa & Ilankumaran (2018) presume that through poetry students can gain beautiful and romantic words which is a good social capital for practicing their communicative competence to their special relationship. In other words, it can be proper for maintaining their communication with their lovers, friends, etc.…”

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Teaching Strategy in Enriching the Efl Students’ Vocabulary Through Literature

2022

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Vocabulary acquisition is one of the important elements that can support the students’ language proficiency. It helps students to follow and enjoy the teaching content delivered by their teachers. The educator of the EFL context, particularly at lower secondary school, attempts to design the teaching material which is oriented to enrich the students’ vocabulary acquisition. The research discovers that various ways can be used to build students’ vocabulary. One of them is literature. Therefore, this research aims to investigate can English literary works be integrated with the teaching strategies to develop the EFL students’ vocabulary. To observe it, the researchers use library research to find and analyze some sources (e.g. articles, proceedings, books) as the collected data, which discuss enriching English vocabulary through literature. The result shows that two things must be considered if teachers would like to incorporate literary works in their content. 1) Types of literary works used by teachers to enhance their learners’ vocabulary, 2) Teacher’s teaching strategy to make the EFL learners memorize the unrecognize words.

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Teaching Poetry Enhances Speaking Skills â€“ an Analysis Based on Select Poems

Cited by 12 publications

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Fear of poetry among preservice teachers in Nigeria

Fear of poetry among preservice teachers in Nigeria

Students' perception on the use of poetry for teaching speaking

Teaching Strategy in Enriching the Efl Students’ Vocabulary Through Literature

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