Aled Harris, Author at TEACH Magazine Education for Today and Tomorrow | L'Education Aujourd'hui et Demain Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:21:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://teachmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-TEACHMAG_favicon_16px-32x32.png Aled Harris, Author at TEACH Magazine 32 32 Why You Should Use Poetry with Older Students https://teachmag.com/why-you-should-use-poetry-with-older-students/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:30:00 +0000 https://teachmag.com/?p=33160 Poetry is not some niche subject to be avoided with older English-language learners. On the contrary, it’s a versatile and powerful tool.

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For more than a decade, I’ve been teaching English in China. During that time, I’ve worked with pretty much every age group—from kindergarteners to university students, and one thing I’ve noticed is that older TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) classes generally lack a useful tool that can allow student to express themselves, play with language, and learn to truly enjoy English.

That tool is poetry.

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