Teaching vocabulary through poetic forms [Articol]

Abstract

It has been proven by many years of experience and research that children at primary and teenagers at secondary school can much faster and more efficiently learn vocabulary items and grammar phenomena through learning to write various short poetic forms. Such poetic genres as acrostic poems, colour, shape, lists and ABC poems, nursery rhymes, couplets, triplets or quatrains are easy and fun to practice. Rhymed prose can also present a very interesting genre to help memorize and enjoy learning a foreign language. Animal and food metaphors, as well as colour and shape similes can serve an excellent foundation for building images and strengthening language patterns.