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Peer reviewedRunte, Hans R. – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1996
Points out that poetry must touch a nerve in students as well as belong to them culturally in order to arouse their interest. Notes that one theme with which students may identify has been elaborated by Franco-Ontarian eco-poets. Reading their texts makes French a teaching target and invites study of geology, chemistry, economics, or history in…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Ecology, Foreign Countries, French
