POETRY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING: A LESSON PLAN BASED ON POETRY

Authors

  • Kristina Jordan Mag. Philol. Ital., Departmet of Italian Language and Literature, University of Zadar, Croatia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i10.3931

Keywords:

poetry, literature, foreign language teaching, Italian

Abstract

The present paper deals with teaching italian as a foreign language through poetry. The poetry chosen for the paper is Promemoria by the italian author Gianni Rodari. The aim of the paper is to suggest an example of a lesson plan based on the poem and is intended for the A2 level (according to CEFR). The suggested lesson plan framework based on poetry attempts to realize further objectives: to make students learn a foreign language based on an authentic material, to generate their interest into poetry, and finally, to promote integration of literature, especially poetry, into the foreign language teaching. 

 

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Author Biography

  • Kristina Jordan, Mag. Philol. Ital., Departmet of Italian Language and Literature, University of Zadar, Croatia
    Kristina Jordan is a language instructor at the Department of Italian Language and Literature at the University of Zadar. She teaches Italian language practice at the undergraduate level. Her research interests regard Italian language teaching, Italian language and culture, Croatian-Italian contrastive phraseology. She regularly participates in seminars for Italian language teachers.

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Published

2021-09-13

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 10 (2021)

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