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  • Be brave [Elektronski vir] : bring poetry to life in the classroom
    Kennedy, Victor
    In Modern Poetry in English, a first-year second-cycle course at the Faculty of Arts, Maribor, students read poems aloud in class, and they write poems modelled on “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a ... Blackbird,” by Wallace Stevens, and “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings. Learning by doing instils motivation and confidence, and by writing poetry, students acquire an intimate understanding about the ways poetry works. Bertrand Russell wrote in 1922, “Education should have two objects: first, to give definite knowledge— reading and writing, languages and mathematics, and so on; secondly, to create those mental habits which will enable people to acquire knowledge and form sound judgments for themselves. The first of these we may call information, the second intelligence.” By reading poems aloud, students come to appreciate the sound and feel of the works; it helps them get into the mind of the characters, and the authors, and it brings the poetry alive; by writing poems, sharing them by reading aloud, and critiquing each other’s work, students gain a better ability to form sound judgements by themselves than merely by reading critics.
    Source: Teaching [Elektronski vir] : only for the brave : proceedings of the 28th International IATEFL Slovenia Conference : 9th-12th March 2023, Terme Vivat, Slovenia (Str. 225-234)
    Type of material - conference contribution ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2023
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 172310531

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    https://www.iatefl.si/files/2023/11/Zbornik-OnlyForTheBrave-1.pdf

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