Would teaching young learners how to write short poems be a good English teaching technique?
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Yes, definitely so. To start poems with young students can be four sentence poems. For instance, in the 1st and 2nd sentences, the last words of the sentences rhymes with each other; it's the same with the 3rd and 4th sentences. The student can then identify the differences and meaning of the last words, although the different words and spelling of the words, it sound similar to each other. It's a very good way to get the students engaged. It changes the patern a bit of just teaching and learnings phonics as everybody does. It's more interesting to them, and they will, in my opinion, remember the spelling and sounds easier.
Yes absolutely! I think its a great way to learn English because it can make the children very creative.
Yes, Of course!! Learning languages is about being able to express oneself in different ways and from different perspectives. Writing poems does this as well as shows and teaches how to write in an organized and structured manner. This helps them have a better critical-intuitive mindset thus growing up with a better vision and understanding of their realities and awareness of the others.
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it definitely would be, they could learn about literary devices which is always beneficial!
Yes, it is always good to start early.
Yes,because young children like rymes,and could also sing along rather than having to read out. This would make it more fun,
Yes why not. I believe that young learners can be taught and asked to write and produce anything they've been taught so it can be a practical way to boost and learn their langugage
yes, that would be a great way to practice sounds and homophones
Indeed that would be useful
It can be useful just for writing practice
Yes especially using rhyming words
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- How many more English words (Homographs) and definitions can you think of ?
English words that are spelled the same, pronounced the same, but have different meanings: # Homographs 1. Bank (financial institution) and bank (slope or incline) 2. Bat (flying mammal) and bat (sports equipment) 3. Bolt (fastener) and bolt ( sudden movement) 4. Cloud (weather phenomenon) and cloud (collection of data or applications online) 5. Dish (plate or serving container) and dish (prepare and serve food) 6. Draft (preliminary version of a document) and draft (current of air) 7. Light (not heavy) and light (source of illumination) 8. Match (small stick used to produce fire) and match (competition or sporting event) 9. Mean (intend to convey) and mean (unkind or unpleasant) 10. Park (outdoor recreational area) and park (to leave a vehicle in a stationary position) 11. Pen (writing instrument) and pen (enclosure for animals) 12. Pole (long, thin piece of wood or metal) and pole (northern or southern end of the Earth) 13. Right (correct or proper) and right (direction or location)
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