Ruby Jecty*

Department of Languages, Foso College of Education, Ghana

*Corresponding Author: Ruby Jecty, Department of Languages, Foso College of Education, Ghana.

Received: August 04, 2023; Published: September 05, 2023

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to equip first year English specialism student teachers’ of Foso College of Education to identify and use poetic devices correctly. This boils down to the fact that student -teachers’ poor interest in poems, and lack of motivation on the part examination grades. The strategies adopted to assist student-teachers to identify and use poetic devices correctly ranged from talk for learning, games, word cards, use of dictionaries, and discussion. The research design used for this study was practitioner research and the data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Keywords: Games; Student; Teachers

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Citation

Citation: Ruby Jecty. “Using Talk for Learning and Games to Assist First Year Languages Student-Teachers to Identify and Use Poetic Devices Correctly".Acta Scientific Computer Sciences 5.10 (2023): 03-13.

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