English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroom

English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroom

Abstract This case study examined how a group of EFL learners at a University in Colombia were encouraged to read and discuss several American poems for the first time in their lives through the reading transactional approach. Participants’ reading experience and critical reactions to poet...

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Autor principal: Gómez Rodríguez,Luis Fernando
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez 2018
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Transactional theory
EFL learners
Efferent stance
Aesthetic stance
Poetry in EFL
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-581120180001003552018-12-05English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroomGómez Rodríguez,Luis Fernando Transactional theory EFL learners Efferent stance Aesthetic stance Poetry in EFL Abstract This case study examined how a group of EFL learners at a University in Colombia were encouraged to read and discuss several American poems for the first time in their lives through the reading transactional approach. Participants’ reading experience and critical reactions to poetry constituted the core data that were collected through field notes, learners’ artifacts (written essays), and one questionnaire. Data were analyzed through grounded approach and content analysis. Findings revealed that learners first focused on vocabulary and language structures and then on meaning. This research concluded that the incorporation of poetry as content in EFL education can help learners improve their communicative competence and critical reading skills.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Católica Silva HenríquezLiteratura y lingüística n.37 20182018-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-58112018000100355en10.29344/0717621x.37.1387
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topic Transactional theory
EFL learners
Efferent stance
Aesthetic stance
Poetry in EFL
spellingShingle Transactional theory
EFL learners
Efferent stance
Aesthetic stance
Poetry in EFL
Gómez Rodríguez,Luis Fernando
English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroom
description Abstract This case study examined how a group of EFL learners at a University in Colombia were encouraged to read and discuss several American poems for the first time in their lives through the reading transactional approach. Participants’ reading experience and critical reactions to poetry constituted the core data that were collected through field notes, learners’ artifacts (written essays), and one questionnaire. Data were analyzed through grounded approach and content analysis. Findings revealed that learners first focused on vocabulary and language structures and then on meaning. This research concluded that the incorporation of poetry as content in EFL education can help learners improve their communicative competence and critical reading skills.
author Gómez Rodríguez,Luis Fernando
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title English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroom
title_short English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroom
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title_fullStr English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroom
title_full_unstemmed English learners’ voices on integrating poetry through a transactional approach in an EFL classroom
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