Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to find out the uses of poetry in teaching English in EFL context, find out the skill and procedure often taught using poetry in teaching process. There are many strategies that can be applied by the teacher to teach English. One of the the strategies is by using poetry. The type of this research was a literature review or library research. The data of this study took From 16 (sixteen) journals taken from national and international journal sites on the internet by students in several countries from 2010 to 2022, published on the internet using search research Gate and Google scholar. I this study, the researcher as the key instrument and data card or note taking card as the supporting instrument for collecting the data. The data of this study were analyzed by using journal content analysis. The data analyzed based on theory of Chelimsky (1989); deciding to use content analysis, determining what material should be included in content analysis, selecting units of analysis, developing coding categories, coding the materials, and analyzing and interpreting the results. The result of this study show that the use of poetry in teaching English in EFL context. this shows that: first, the uses of poetry in teaching English in EFL context; Poetry as a tool to improve students’ language component skill in EFL, such as: vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, pronunciation. Poetry as a tool to improve students’ life skill in EFL such as; motivation, creativity. Poetry As a Strategy to Improve Students’ Teaching Skill in EFL. Poetry As a Strategy to Improve Students’ Language Skill in EFL. Poetry is proven to be relevant in improving the English skills of foreign learners, which in this study was dominantly used in teaching writing skills and rarely used in developing teaching skills. For apply poetry in teaching writing skill there are some procedures activities should follow by the students. These procedures are divided into three levels, such as: at elementary school; Pre-writing Writing, Revising , Editing, and Post-writing. At senior high school, identifying the title, brainstorming and writing. At university level; 1. Selection of Topics, Group Discussion, and Individual Task. 2. Focused on Writing in intrinsic value, focused on the extrinsic value, and essay writing based on the both values.
