{"id":4532,"date":"2010-03-13T10:31:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T07:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2010-03-13T10:31:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T07:31:57","slug":"53-article-using-poems-to-develop-productive-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4532","title":{"rendered":"#53, Article: Using poems to develop productive skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px;\">You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after all, authentic texts. This is a great motivator. Poems are often rich in cultural references, and they present a wide range of learning opportunities. For me, the aim is to teach English through poetry, not to teach the poetry itself, so you don&#8217;t need to be a literature expert.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px;\">Most of the tried and tested activities used regularly by language teachers can be adapted easily to bring poetry into the classroom.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-image: url(http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/sites\/teachingenglish.org.uk\/themes\/teachingenglish\/images\/bullet01.gif); list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 11px;\">\n<li>Communicative speaking activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-image: url(http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/sites\/teachingenglish.org.uk\/themes\/teachingenglish\/images\/bullet01.gif); list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 11px;\">\n<li>Working on pronunciation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-image: url(http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/sites\/teachingenglish.org.uk\/themes\/teachingenglish\/images\/bullet01.gif); list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 11px;\">\n<li>Writing activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-image: url(http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/sites\/teachingenglish.org.uk\/themes\/teachingenglish\/images\/bullet01.gif); list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 11px;\">\n<li>Some pros and cons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-image: url(http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/sites\/teachingenglish.org.uk\/themes\/teachingenglish\/images\/bullet01.gif); list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-size: 11px;\">\n<li>Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px;\"><strong>Communicative speaking activities <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px;\">Before doing any productive work, I like to give my students plenty of pre-reading activities so that they are adequately prepared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px;\">Read the complete article at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/think\/articles\/using-poems-develop-productive-skills\">http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/think\/articles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. 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