The power of audio poetry in the classroom.
this part of the blog has been created for those teachers who want to know and explore about how they can use new teaching techniques that provide the students the opportunity to learn in a different way and motivate the learning process, teachers need to be updated and adapt to the resources that provide them a new strategy that connect students with the English Language.
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| Anton Jarvis High school English teacher |
When an English teacher friend suggested I used
my radio broadcasting and production skills to
record poems to help high school students in their
studies, I did not anticipate how many educators
would welcome the project and find it useful in their
lessons. My intention was to focus on speaking and
listening skills by employing audio, rather than have
the distraction of video images (as is the case with
much of the poetry available on YouTube).
As an English teacher myself, it has been a complete
joy finding classic and contemporary poems which
are fine examples of the poetic form in its many
guises, and which showcase the writers’ techniques,
powerful ideas and expressive language. Making free
audio recordings available for educational purposes
has been a real labour of love
Listening to poems which demonstrate sound
devices such as rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration,
sibilance, assonance, character dialogue and tone
can be an opportunity for students to get a proper
‘feeling’ for the poem . hearing a poet’s words can really help to convey
structure, poetic techniques and the resonance of
carefully chosen vocabulary.
