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2018
Volume 107, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

While the value and importance of helping adolescents learn the art of public speaking is clear, it can be a difficult subject to teach. This article shows how public speaking skills can be interwoven with poetry analysis by participating in the Poetry Out Loud program.

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