Teaching haiku to elementary school students in North America

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  • 北米におけるハイク指導の実践的研究

Abstract

In every country, teachers often have hard time getting children interested in haiku. This purpose of this paper is to investigate an effective method of teaching haiku to elementary school children in North America. In 2005, we pointed out that the method of teaching haiku by introducing the technique of juxtaposition and the use of kukai (traditional haiku sharing circle) was effective for Japanese elementary school children. In 2008, we tried this haiku teaching method with Canadian elementary school children in Toronto. This paper describes the details of the Canadian haiku lesson. In this exercise, students wrote good haiku and showed an excellent appreciation of other students' haiku. Further, the data from the class participants showed that they saw it as easy and fun to make haiku and share them with their classmates. This experimental practice shows that the teaching method of juxtaposition and kukai is effective in haiku lessons in North America.

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  • kokugokakyouiku

    kokugokakyouiku 66 (0), 59-66, 2009

    Japanese Teaching Society of Japan

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  • CRID
    1390001205825186048
  • NII Article ID
    110007386901
  • DOI
    10.20555/kokugoka.66.0_59
  • ISSN
    21899533
    02870479
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
    • KAKEN
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