LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:5 May 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Teacher’s Role in Teaching and Reciting Poetry

Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.

This article in Tamil discusses the form and function of poetry and how poetry is defined in the traditional grammars of Tamil. The focus of the article, however, is on the role and function of teachers in helping students to read and enjoy poetry and on how to create in the students a literary sensibility beyond the literal meaning/s of the poems they read.

Reading poetry and enjoying it should become an integral part of any language arts class. However, in recent decades, the focus of teaching poetry has become very narrow: giving word meaning and meaning of symbols, etc. occupy the major process of teaching poetry. While such meanings are important, the essence of poetry lies beyond literal meaning of the words, phrases and lines.

Recitation with proper intonation and stress and voice modulation needs to be taught. Teachers must be equipped to present models of appropriate recitation. The distinction between prose and poetry is a key element and the teachers should know the difference between the two and should be able to move from one to the other with ease and skill.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
Professor-cum-Deputy Director (Retired)
Central Insitute of Indian Languages
Mysore 570 006
Karnataka
India
sammohanlal@gmail.com
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