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Publication Date: 2012-Jan
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Meaningful Literacy: Writing Poetry in the Language Classroom
Hanauer, David I.
Language Teaching, v45 n1 p105-115 Jan 2012
This paper develops the concept of meaningful literacy and offers a classroom methodology--poetry writing--that manifests this approach to ESL/EFL literacy instruction. The paper is divided into three sections. The first deals with the concept of meaningful literacy learning in second and foreign language pedagogy; the second summarizes empirical evidence that characterizes second language (L2) poetry writing; and the third describes the practical aspects of teaching poetry writing. This approach is presented as a way of humanizing the second and foreign language classroom by refocusing on the individual language learner as the center of the learning process.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Literacy, Poetry, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Individual Development
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