The use of poetry for EFL: Exploring the beliefs of primary school trainees

Abstract This study explores the perceptions of primary EFL (English as a foreign language) trainee teachers on the potential of poetry as an instrument to enhance their knowledge of English. The aim was to determine whether or not learners’ opinions coincided with theoretical principles e...

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Autores principales:	Férez Mora,Pedro Antonio, Coyle,Yvette, Maurandi López,Antonio
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje 2020
Materias:	Poetry EFL motivation perceptions interculturality
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-093420200001000562020-02-28The use of poetry for EFL: Exploring the beliefs of primary school traineesFérez Mora,Pedro AntonioCoyle,YvetteMaurandi López,Antonio Poetry EFL motivation perceptions interculturality Abstract This study explores the perceptions of primary EFL (English as a foreign language) trainee teachers on the potential of poetry as an instrument to enhance their knowledge of English. The aim was to determine whether or not learners’ opinions coincided with theoretical principles established by scholars in favour of using literature in EFL classrooms. An 18-item questionnaire was distributed to 270 trainees to obtain quantitative and qualitative data on alleged linguistic, motivational and intercultural benefits. The results confirm that trainees believe poetry-based English lessons to be more useful for developing language skills, pronunciation, grammatical and lexical knowledge than for intercultural or motivational gains. The present study contributes to the academic expansion of the field in two main ways: i) by providing evidence which empirically tests the predominantly theoretical drive of work available to date; and ii) by offering a systematic and holistic exploration of the potential advantages of poetry which goes beyond the methodologically inconsistent and fragmentary views offered by existing research.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del LenguajeRevista signos v.53 n.102 20202020-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-09342020000100056en10.4067/S0718-09342020000100056
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spellingShingle	Poetry EFL motivation perceptions interculturality Férez Mora,Pedro Antonio Coyle,Yvette Maurandi López,Antonio The use of poetry for EFL: Exploring the beliefs of primary school trainees
description	Abstract This study explores the perceptions of primary EFL (English as a foreign language) trainee teachers on the potential of poetry as an instrument to enhance their knowledge of English. The aim was to determine whether or not learners’ opinions coincided with theoretical principles established by scholars in favour of using literature in EFL classrooms. An 18-item questionnaire was distributed to 270 trainees to obtain quantitative and qualitative data on alleged linguistic, motivational and intercultural benefits. The results confirm that trainees believe poetry-based English lessons to be more useful for developing language skills, pronunciation, grammatical and lexical knowledge than for intercultural or motivational gains. The present study contributes to the academic expansion of the field in two main ways: i) by providing evidence which empirically tests the predominantly theoretical drive of work available to date; and ii) by offering a systematic and holistic exploration of the potential advantages of poetry which goes beyond the methodologically inconsistent and fragmentary views offered by existing research.
author	Férez Mora,Pedro Antonio Coyle,Yvette Maurandi López,Antonio
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title	The use of poetry for EFL: Exploring the beliefs of primary school trainees
title_short	The use of poetry for EFL: Exploring the beliefs of primary school trainees
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publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje
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The use of poetry for EFL: Exploring the beliefs of primary school trainees

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