Poetry as Teaching Resources for English Language Teaching in EFL Classes
Poetry is the genre most English teachers seem least comfortable with (Lockward, 1994). Not only students but also teachers take this part of teaching
Overview Poetry is the genre most English teachers seem least comfortable with (Lockward, 1994). Not only students but also teachers take this part of teaching and learning as more difficult due to linguistic and cultural vagueness. According to Povey (1972) and Bex (1994), Poems in foreign languages are a very good way of learning about human culture, values, and civilization. May be of some hidden meaning and its contextual vagueness’ the poetry readership has been remarkably declining amongst the students. Hedge (2000) also believes poems are a good way of developing receptive skills of reading. Poetry is probably the most practised and least understood of any creative enterprise (Bhandari & Adhikari, 2007). Poetry as one of the literature products can be used to develop learners’ knowledge of English and to teach structure, grammar and vocabulary (Khansir, 2012). The good thing about teaching and reading poetry is that students read aloud, repeat often, and share in groups and …