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Integrating the poetry elements in teaching ESL classroom.
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Article Review Marie Gasparro and Bernadette Falleta, has mentioned on their article that poetry functions well and has many uses in the ESL classroom. According to these writers, poetry enables the students to understand the aspects of the written text in terms of its linguistic features and its conceptual aspects. There are two ways of integrating the poetry elements in teaching ESL classroom, which are through dramatization and improvisation. By using drama techniques in teaching English, the acquisition of language becomes internalized, as students are able to experience the language in situations that seem real. The students are able to apply the outside reality with the things that they have learned in the classroom. For example, in a role-play, students are able to use the language freely. Furthermore, the students also have the stigmata about the role that the play during their activity. Through this activity, they will be able to...
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