Open AccessDeveloping Poetic Writing Skills: A Teaching Technique for Advanced ESL/EFL Learners
Author(s) -
Mamadou Moustapha Dieng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
education, society and human studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3687
pISSN - 2690-3679
DOI - 10.22158/eshs.v3n1p1
Subject(s) - poetry , literal and figurative language , mathematics education , process (computing) , computer science , psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy , operating system
This article attempts to showcase a number of techniques to teach poetic writing skills in EFL settings. First and foremost, we have tried to identify and propose corrective attitudes to work out the psychological obstacles that impede the practice of poetry in many EFL classrooms. Then, we have selected some basic characteristics of poetic discourse through lyric songs to increase learners’ awareness of the specificities of poetry. The mastery of the structure and functioning of figurative language has been the essential skill to develop. Furthermore, the technique privileges the process-oriented approach which is based on well-structured, harmonious and interrelated phases to help learners start composing simple verses and poems.