M a education paper-v methods of teaching english

4.3.3. The Importance of poetry
 
Despite the above arguments against teaching poetry in English at the secondary level, 
there are some advantages of poetry lessons which are as follows: 

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(i) 
Develop in the pupils a favorable attitude towards the language , 
(ii) 
Help in teaching some idiomatic and grammatical constructions
(iii) 
Help in improving learner’s pronunciation. 
4.4.4. Objectives of Poetry Lessons
 
The objectives of teaching poetry at the secondary level may be as follows: 
(i) 
To give listening practice to the students
(ii) 
To give speaking practice to the learners
(iii) To enable the students to recite the poem in proper way so that they may enjoy its music and 
rhythm. 
(iv) 
To enable them to understand the beauty of thought. 
(v) 
To enable them to improve their power of imagination
(vi) 
To enable them to appreciate the poem by awakening in them the aesthetic qualities of 
appreciation. 
(vii) To make them familiar with the back ground of the poem. 
(viii) To develop love for English language. 
4.4.5 Teaching Rhymes : 
 
Hence the first and the strong link between children and the English language can be only 
through nursery rhymes. The term nursery is apt because just as in a Nursery growing the 
saplings, the rhymes take care of the language to be developed later. We all know how children 
enjoy saying a rhyme in lower classes with movement, gestures and most important their 
expressions. Every child becomes one with the rhymes when taught properly with the teacher’s 
enthusiasm
The Importance of saying (reciting) or singing rhymes: 
Rhymes – 
- Strengthen and develop the memory power. 
- Develop active power of imitation and imagination. 
- Train the ears to the delicate varieties of sound and rhymes. 
- Widen the knowledge of vocabulary. 
- Develop a sense of achievement and confidence in the young learners. 
- Lay a strong foundation for speech work. 
- Are an excellent aids to correct speech? 

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Suggestions given by the handbook of teaching English ……….