Integrating the poetry elements in teaching ESL classroom.

to apply the outside reality with the things that they have learned in the classroom. For example, in a role-play, students are able to use the language freely. Furthermore, the students also have the stigmata about the role that the play during their activity. Through this activity, they will be able to learn about the language without feeling intimidated by their surrounding. As they will feel that it is not like the language class where they have to attend and listen to the rules that bound them in learning the language. Through improvisation, students are able to express their thoughts and at the same time grab the opportunities to use the language even more. This article also talks about the role of the teacher in creating drama with poetry in the classroom. According to this article, the teacher’s responsibility includes setting a good example of English language user, being a facilitator, stimulator in interaction, establisher of workshop atmosphere and creator of the opportunity of participation among the students. Lastly, the writers stated that creating drama with poetry is crucial as it helps in stimulating learning in acquiring the second language. This is mainly because the students will become intellectually, emotionally, and physically involved in the target language in a scaffold of new culture. Poetry also opens up the way to let the students to fully internalize the language in their everyday conversation. In teaching classes of students from foreign countries, poetry can be used to teach the language, as they are able to learn the language without feeling stressed out about the new language.         In my own opinion, integrating the drama elements in teaching English is one of the best ways to expose the students with the usage of English language. By integrating the drama elements with poetry in English classroom, the students are not only being able to learn the language but they also can relate it with their real life. Apart from that, they also have the opportunities in understanding and appreciating people around them. By incorporating drama in English classroom, the learning atmosphere will not be too rigid and therefore it helps the students to understand the language more. In drama, students have plenty of chances of using the language freely. The students’ anxiety in learning the language also can be diminished as the learning experience will be more interesting. In poetry, it enables the students to appreciate things in their lives. Their reactions toward each novel and poem will cultivate the need to speak up, therefore, learning of using the language can be taken place. It is the right way for the Malaysian government to include the elements of literature in English language subject. By this, the students are hoped to have broaden their thinking skills. Apart from that the students must use the opportunities to enhance their skills in English language either it is in written or spoken language.