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up phase. When incorporating poetry in classrooms, teachers should take into consideration the

following instructions. First, teachers should provide learners a wide chance to take part in the
learning process, such as using pair or group wok these ways permit students to express and share

their point of view and enhances their interactions. Second, teachers should prepare tasks that are
reachable, applicable and should not be beyond their level of proficiency, besides they should be

motivating. Finally, teachers should keep in their minds that the purpose of these strategies is to
help the learners to use the language effectively and improve their language skills.

The warming up stage purpose is there to prepare learners for the poem. Maley and Duff (1989)

proposed several ways to prepare students mentally for the targeted poetry like using images,
recording students’ reactions, performing drama or role-playing and writing. Sithamparam (2001)

suggests that teachers can prepare a group of questions to attract their attention to the presented
poetry. Further, he recommended that questions should be challenging and be mediating during

while reading and listening stage. Learners approach poetry through either by listening to audio

tool or reading aloud from the teacher or reciting by students' themselves.

Sithamparam (2001) as cited by AL-Bakiri (2019) thinks that the first reading is very vital for the

students if it accomplishes appropriately. Therefore, he recommended that teachers should perform
the first reading, as teachers' reading make it more memorable and understandable for learners,

also he insisted that teachers should practice reading before conducting the lessons. When students

listen to their teachers reading the poem, they develop an understanding to what they listen and
allow learners to engage more. Learners' reciting is a very beneficial way to get personal responses

and reinforce appreciation of poetry.

Gonzalez, Yawkey and Minaya-Rowe (2006) state that learners’ academic performance in poetry

depends on the teachers’ knowledge and the application of effective pedagogy in the poetry

classroom. Gonzalez et al. (2006) further stated that for learners to perform well in poetry, the
system needs quality teachers who are well trained, well behaved and motivated. They believe that

English as a second language student teachers are the future driving force in schools. Gonzalez et
al. (2006) further added that to be able to drive schools into the right direction, student teachers

need to be well trained, competent, knowledgeable and highly motivated

Simasiku (2006) also notes that good ESL student teachers enter the classroom with prepared
teaching and learning materials, knowledge, capability and ambition to take one more ESL child

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