Developing Voice by Composing Haiku: A Social-Expressivist Approach for Teaching Haiku Writing in EFL Contexts

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 1 showing three snowboards in the snow

This article discusses Haiku as a simple way to use poetry to help students develop voice and audience in their writing. The author gives an explanation and example of Haiku and gives step-by-step instructions for how Haiku may be taught, from interpretation to composition to publication.

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Atsushi Iida

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 1 showing three snowboards in the snow

English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 1

The feature article in this issue is on snowboarding. A lesson plan, “Create Your Own Sporting Event,” continues the sporting theme. Other articles discuss professional development for teachers, writing for Wikipedia, grouping schemes for maximizing language learning, and teaching haiku writing.