Malta: Learning language with limericks

[Francis Hult]

Times of Malta

 

Learning language with limericks

 

Language learning should be enjoyable and poetry can be of great benefit as a means of encouraging learners to experiment creatively with the language.

 

With this in mind, the British Culture Association (BCA) recently organised its second limerick competition for all Form 3 and 4 students in Malta and Gozo, to promote the learning of language through literature.

 

Limericks were originally developed 170 years ago and were popularised by Edward Lear, who has somewhat of a connection with Malta, having lived at 9, Via Torri, Sliema, for four months in 1886.

 

The competition's adjudicating panel, which comprised newly appointed BCA chairman Clare Vassallo Thake, Alfred Ellul, Alan Marsh and Clare Padovani, was pleased to receive a good number of entries from 13 different schools and an increased response from state schools.

 

Full story:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080713/education/learning-language-with-limericks

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