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Why You Should Use Poetry with Older Students

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By Aled Harris

For more than a decade, I’ve been teaching English in China. During that time, I’ve worked with pretty much every age group—from kindergarteners to university students, and one thing I’ve noticed is that older TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) classes generally lack a useful tool that can allow student to express themselves, play with language, and learn to truly enjoy English.

That tool is poetry.

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Aled Harris has taught at every grade level in China for over a decade, and currently works at a private school where he heads the Society of Youth Poets. A keen poet himself, he publishes his work online and in print.

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Aled Harris
Aled Harris
Aled Harris has taught at every grade level in China for over a decade, and currently works at a private school where he heads the Society of Youth Poets. A keen poet himself, he publishes his work online and in print.

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