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The Role of Phonetics in the Teaching of English Language Poetry

Ali Akbar Khansir, Ph.D.
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

Farhad Pakdel, Ph.D.
Department of English, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences,
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of phonetics to the teaching of English language poetry in English language teaching classroom. One of the best ways of the teaching English poetry can be used through phonetics. What we should remember is that phonetics is a branch of linguistics, and thus it has central role in linguistics subject. Therefore, linguistics is the scientific study of language. A good knowledge of phonetics is very useful for English literature learners. In other words, the teaching of poetry along with phonetics rules in ELT classroom provides the English language learners the opportunity to appreciate language. The phonetics of a language can be viewed as a sound system of this language. Any scientific study of a language can be viewed as a theory of the structure of the language. There is, in fact, every language has a special system in understanding of the language. Note that the relationship between English literature and English linguistics can be considered as a bridge in order to develop learner’s knowledge of his language. However, by raising English language learners awareness of system of English phonetics can help the learners to understand better how use of their language. In this study, application of phonetics to the teaching English poetry and the effect of phonetics on English literature are investigated and therefore, several conceptions of phonetics and poetry are discussed.

Keywords: phonetics, poetry, linguistics, English language. Musical speech, English literature.

INTRODUCTION

Before we can discuss this topic; we investigate the important of human language. A language is a vehicle which human being through it can link to a social group in a society. Every normal human being is a member of a social group. Sometimes, man as a member of social group depends on the use of language in all his social activities, for example, cultural activity, daily activity ……… Human being without language has nothing to do his social activities. Language is a term by which refer to all the specific languages used by human being in all his communities. However, every society is formed by the activity of language. In order to know anything about man, we must understand his speech, otherwise; we cannot observe man as a human group in his society. Every normal child can learn his mother tongue in his childhood and continues to use through life. Chomsky (1964) argued that every child is equipped with 'innate capacity' which enables him to acquire and produce his language creatively (cited in Khansir and Tabande, 2014). The first thing, child should learn is that how to speak his mother tongue in his community which he lives. In English language, learning to spell correctly is very important. Khansir (2012a) mentioned that there is no one to one correspondence between spelling and sounds in English language, because of such a mis-match between spelling and sounds. A learner of English (even native child speaker) cannot be sure of how to pronounce a word he encounters for the first time in written form. We can conclude that learning of sound system of English is very necessary for learners of English literature as a second and foreign language so that they may be guided to solve their problems effectively.

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Ali Akbar Khansir, Ph.D. (Corresponding Author)
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
ahmad_2004_bu@yahoo.com

Farhad Pakdel, Ph.D.
Department of English, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences,
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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