영미시 교육과 영미시 활용 - 정의적, 인문학적, 영어교육적 관점을 통합한 영미시 교육 방법론

"The Study of English Poetry" vs. "The Use of English Poetry": Ideas for Incorporating Humanistic Approaches and Affective Sides of Language Learning into English Poetry Courses

  This paper aims at offering a range of practical ideas for incorporating the study of English poetry as a literary text and its use as a language resource into English poetry courses in Korea. Given that Humanistic Approach contributes in a significant way to enhancing EFL learners" learning in language and humanities, this paper attempts to integrate the affective sides of language learning into both English language learning and the pleasure of reading English poems. Explaining theories regarding benefits of using English poems, this paper shows how English poetry activities, when well organized and used, can promote both language and self in ways in which learners are encouraged to approach language learning with self-esteem and motivation highly elevated enough to work with their critical and creative powers freely. In presenting a wide variety of motivating activities ranged from the pre-reading and while-reading to the post-reading section that focus on both linguistic and humanistic approaches, this paper suggests a major paradigmatic shift in the field of English poetry studies in Korea. The shift, this paper argues, will usher in a mutually beneficial relationship between the study of English poetry as an end in itself and the use of English poetry as a rich language resource, which can be the most practical and at-hand way to cope with crisis in Humanities in Korea.