Rebecca
I'm teaching John Forbes's poetry at Methodist Ladies
College this fortnight... It's good to always begin with
reading aloud. Forbes did this himself as a revision tool,
as the pro in the room I read most myself but get a girl
to read "Anzac Day".
best
Hugh
> Yes, Doug, about just listening to a poem. It surprises me
> how many of my students haven't heard a poem read, so
> we often do so in class, and I encourage them as well
> to read it aloud when they are reading alone, since
> that aural experience is so different, and not so easily
> contained in the desire for comprehension. It becomes
> rather something experienced, I think, or perhaps I should
> say, I hope!
>
>
> Best,
>
> Rebecca
>
> Rebecca Seiferle
> www.thedrunkenboat.com
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