Ï Teaching English using poetry can be proper alternative in teaching English for students, to increase students’ motivation and interesting in learning English;
Ï By means of poetry, we can expand and promote the important of literary work as well poetry to color people’s life, so that literary work can interested thing to be learnt by every people;
Ï In terms of teaching poetry, a teacher must be more active and innovative to design teaching material, teaching aid, teaching methods in order to have the process of the instruction is more vary and also interested;
Ï Teaching poetry means have students to be able to understand the values from the poem, students are able to read (aesthetics reading) and also experience to the full of the poems’ content;
Ï Before teaching poetry, teacher could select which of the four skills in language would be emphasized to, so, the goal of the instruction is measurable and assessable;
Ï Teachers’ understanding of approaches, methods, in teaching poetry is very important to ensure that our students like and interested in learning it. Besides, it is usable to proof that literary works is only for particular group/people is wrong;
Ï The most important thing to know that, in teaching poetry for SMA students should be more emphasized on practice rather than theory.
Ï The awareness of every people is highly necessary to make literature as well as poetry is liked by people (learners or public society).
Ï By understanding some information above, as a language teacher we are holding a key position, what we are going to do to keep the existence of poetry as part of literary works;
Ï Language teachers might also give some explanation for students the important of literary works as well as poetry in this life.
)*Penulis adalah Mahasiswa Pascasarjana (S.3) UIN Bandung, guru SMAN 1 Cibadak Kab. Sukabumi, Ketua IGI Cab. Sukabumi, Ketua MGMP Bahasa Inggris SMA Kab. Sukabumi dan dosen di beberapa PT di Sukabumi.
