MOTHER ( A poem composed by my father )  
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MOTHER

A child she bore but was unseen,

Poetry in the ESOL/ EFL CLassroom  
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Only connect… “Sensings, mountings from the hiding places,Words entering almost the sense of touch” - Seamus Heaney Those of us working in ESOL may have reflected ruefully on the Gradgrindian ut
Poetry in the classroom  
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Many teachers are keen to use poems in the language classroom others think it is a waste of time.

Do you use poetry?

 

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Celebr8 by Levi Tafari  

‘Celebr8' is a poem about inclusion and diversity. It is by the Liverpool based poet Levi Tafari, himself of Jamaican origin.

Average: 3.3 (15 votes)
Using poems to develop receptive skills  

I like to bring poetry into the classroom because I believe that it is important and motivating for students to work with authentic texts.

Average: 3.5 (12 votes)
Liverpool  

For the first time, materials for the BritLit project have been produced outside of Portugal, where the project began. Teachers working on BritLit in Hungary have been busily devising a new approach,

Average: 3.8 (6 votes)
Using poems to develop productive skills  

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.

Average: 4 (6 votes)
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