Use Newspapers and Magazines to Teach Punctuation and Spelling

Finch, Hardy R.

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“…As one of the most sophisticated forms of literary, poetry is unquestionably an important segment of the foreign language curriculum (Maley, 1987 ; Finch, 2003 ; Cahnmann, 2006 ; Khan, 2020 ). Even though learning poetry can help foreign language learners deepen their understanding of the target language culture (Tevdovska, 2016 ) and improve their language skills (Mittal, 2016 ; Aladini and Farahbod, 2019 ), several studies have found that poetry learning is the least favorable literature genre among foreign language learners (Hirvela and Boyle, 1988 ; Vijayarajoo et al, 2019 ; Wai and Abidin, 2020 ).…”

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The role of the target language culture on Arabic learners' fondness for Arabic poetry

Gao,

Wang,

Yang

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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As an important carrier of culture, poetry plays a significant role in deepening language learners' understanding of the target language culture as well as enhancing their language skills; however, the effect of the target language culture on language learners' enjoyment of poetry remains unclear. The study served as an attempt to shed light on the point of whether the target language culture has different effects on high- and low-level Chinese Arabic learners' fondness for Arabic poetry with the use of pictures related to Arabic culture and those not related to Arabic culture. In the current study, 40 Arabic learners (20 high-level and 20 low-level) scored the Arabic poem line based on their fondness for it after viewing two kinds of picture with electroencephalogram (EEG) recording. Frontal alpha asymmetry index as a correlate of approach and avoidance related motivation measured by EEG power in the alpha band (8-13 Hz) was calculated for examining whether the behavioral results of Arabic learners' fondness for poetry are in line with the results of changes in the related EEG components. Behavioral results illustrated that low-level subjects showed significantly less liking for Arabic poetry after viewing pictures related to Arabic culture compared to those not related to Arabic culture. The high-level subjects did not show a significant difference in the level of liking for Arabic poetry between the two cases. FAA results demonstrated that low-level subjects presented a significant avoidance-related responses to Arabic poetry after viewing pictures related to Arabic culture in comparison to viewing pictures not related to Arabic culture; while the FAA values did not differ significantly between the two cases in high-level subjects, which is in line with behavioral results. The findings of this research can benefit teachers in motivating students to learn poetry in foreign language curriculum and also contribute to the literature on the effect of target language culture on language learners' enjoyment of poetry.

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