Open AccessTeaching english through proverbs
Author(s) -
Viorica Ichim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revistă de ştiinţe socio-umane
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-330X
pISSN - 1857-0119
DOI - 10.46727/jshs.2020.v45.i2.p53-59
Subject(s) - multitude , relevance (law) , comprehension , resource (disambiguation) , process (computing) , foreign language , linguistics , psychology , sociology , epistemology , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy , political science , computer network , law , operating system
Maxims, proverbs and other forms of folk wisdom reveal the truth about the human nature and the physical world, and each culture expresses this truth in its own unique way. This article zeroes in on the relevance of proverbs as an effective pedagogic resource. The work tends to draw attention to the fact that the utilisation of proverbs in the process of teaching and learning a foreign language, in this instance the English language, is a pragmatic approach and a more stimulating, more thought-provoking and more effective way of instruction and comprehension of the material under study, and that diverse forms of popular wisdom can afford a basis for a multitude of classroom activities which would demonstrate their considerable didactic potential and impact.