PSL-Poetry as a Second Language: Breaking the Silence

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PSL-Poetry as a Second Language: Breaking the Silence
Christopher S. Walsh

Describes how a teacher of English as-a-Second-Language began, at first tentatively, to use poetry to offer his recent Chinese immigrant students as a feasible outlet to express themselves freely in English. Describes how he started from scratch, using Chinese poems in translation. Discusses the rewards reaped in the classroom by students and teacher.

Voices from the Middle, Vol. 5 No. 1, February 1998

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