2011/05/10 by David I. Hanauer · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Discourse Analysis in Language Studies #EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning #Second Language Acquisition and Learning
paper · doi:10.1017/s0261444810000522
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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.